Before joining CU Boulder, she was the Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology (VTSuN) and Deputy Director of the VT National Center for Earth and Environmental Nanotechnology Infrastructure (NanoEarth). Dr. Vance received her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2012 for studying the release of nanomaterials from the use of everyday consumer products. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s in Environmental Engineering by the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil). Her research is focused on applying engineering tools to better understand and minimize human exposure to novel environmental contaminants from everyday activities, especially nanomaterials and ultrafine aerosols.