Marina Vance

Vance turns her house into lab to study health risks of cleaning products

Alexander James Servantez — Tue, 20 May 2025 19:16:38 +0000

Vance turns her house into lab to study health risks of cleaning products Alexander Jame… Tue, 05/20/2025 - 13:16

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, global spending on household cleaning products have increased by nearly $50 billion. Associate Professor Marina Vance is turning her home into a research laboratory to study and explore the possible implications of the increased product usage on human health.

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Mukherjee, Vance named 2025 RIO Faculty Fellows

Alexander James Servantez — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:53:41 +0000

Mukherjee, Vance named 2025 RIO Faculty Fellows Alexander Jame… Thu, 03/13/2025 - 09:53

Assistant Professor Debanjan Mukherjee and Associate Professor Marina Vance have both been selected as 2025 RIO Faculty Fellows. The program supports faculty in achieving their research and innovation goals and promotes collaboration through tailored training, experiential learning and leadership development opportunities.

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Triple E Fair introduces 117 middle schoolers to mechanical engineering

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 20:45:48 +0000

Triple E Fair introduces 117 middle schoolers to mechanical engineering Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/03/2022 - 13:45

Rachel Leuthauser

The Early Engineering Exposure Fair, organized by mechanical engineering graduate students, was comprised of 16 interactive exhibits to demonstrate diverse engineering fields such as air quality, wind energy, robotics and microfluids.

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How does Marshall Fire smoke affect indoor, outdoor air quality?

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 21:30:29 +0000

How does Marshall Fire smoke affect indoor, outdoor air quality? Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 01/14/2022 - 14:30

Professors Michael Hannigan and Marina Vance join scientists from CIRES and NOAA to install instruments in surviving houses to understand the smoke impacts on indoor air quality.

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Don’t throw that cloth mask away yet—it still works

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:01:03 +0000

Don’t throw that cloth mask away yet—it still works Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 09/09/2021 - 15:01

The reusable cloth masks people have been using for the past year or more may look a little worse for the wear. But new research from Professor Marina Vance finds that washing and drying them doesn’t reduce their ability to filter out viral particles.

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Amid wildfires and a pandemic, here’s how to keep your indoor air clean

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:48:16 +0000

Amid wildfires and a pandemic, here’s how to keep your indoor air clean Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/07/2021 - 10:48

Professor Marina Vance shares easy and effective ways to keep our indoor air clean from ozone, wildfire smoke and COVID-19.

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Video: Vance on creativity, engineering and accessibility

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 20:29:46 +0000

Video: Vance on creativity, engineering and accessibility Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 08/03/2021 - 14:29

Assistant Professor Marina Vance uses her passion for drawing to educate and inspire by creating animated science videos that share her research in aerosol particle transformation in easily accessible ways. As a recent NSF CAREER Award recipient, Vance will continue her research at the 91PORN while sharing her work beyond academic circles through a new partnership with CU Science Discovery.

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Let’s talk about transmission of respiratory infectious diseases

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:24:31 +0000

Let’s talk about transmission of respiratory infectious diseases Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/11/2020 - 07:24

Professors Shelly Miller and Nina Vance, along with Miller's daughter, Renee Leiden, produced a video explaining how the transmission of respiratory infections can occur. They reveal that there are three ways someone susceptible to infection can contract a virus: contact transmission, spray of large particles and airborne transmission. Contact transmission occurs when someone susceptible to infection touches a surface that has been contaminated by a virus and then touches their eyes, mouth or nose. They said COVID-19 is not highly likely to spread in this way. A person can also become infected when a spray of large particles, or droplets, fly out of an infected person's mouth or nose and land on the eyes, nose or mouth of someone who is susceptible to infection. Airborne transmission occurs when the virus is suspended in particles in the air. Animal studies, superspreading events and air sampling have shown that COVID-19 is transmitted in this way.

Watch the video below to learn more about the transmission of respiratory infections and how to mitigate these risks.

[video:https://youtu.be/AGQYlrXzVJQ]

Professors Shelly Miller and Nina Vance, along with Miller's daughter, Renee Leiden, produced a video explaining how the transmission of respiratory infections can occur.

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Research paper looks at exposure to airborne particulate matter in homes

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:48:00 +0000

Research paper looks at exposure to airborne particulate matter in homes Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 06/17/2020 - 13:48

A paper by Nina Vance discusses the importance of understanding exposure to particulate matter in residences and the health risks that result from exposure.

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Your home is a hidden source of air pollution

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:11:18 +0000

Your home is a hidden source of air pollution Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/18/2019 - 10:11

Assistant Professor Nina Vance and her collaborators have found cooking, cleaning and other routine household activities to generate significant levels of volatile and particulate chemicals inside the average home, leading to indoor air quality levels on par with a polluted major city.

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