Blake Vance, Ph.D.

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Assistant Director, Facilities
Hawaii Agriculture Research Center (HARC)
President, Kunia Village Development Corp. (KVDC, subsidiary of HARC)
94-340 Kunia Road, Waipahu, HI 96797
Phone: (808) 621-1301
Fax: (808) 621-1399
Email: bvance@harc-hspa.com

Education

• B.S., Chemistry, University of Hawaii
• M.S., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wyoming
• Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wyoming

 
Professional Experience​

• 2001-2005 & 2008-2019    Councilor, Hawaii Section, American Chemical Society
• 1988-Present   Assistant Director, Facilities, Quality Assurance Officer, Safety Coordinator, and  System Administrator, HARC
• 1985-1987       Scientific Editor, Gmelin Institute, West Germany
• 1983-1985       Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut
• 1976-1982       Graduate Teaching Assistant and Supply Instructor, University of Wyoming
• 1975-1976       Graduate Research Assistant, University of Hawaii
• 1974-1975       Research Associate, University of Hawaii
• 1972-1975       Chemist, Honolulu Wood Treating Co., Ltd. 

 

Publications

Vance, B.  1993.  A Simple Key to EPA's GLP Regulation Advisories.  Quality Assurance:  Good Practice, Regulation, and Law 2:183.
 
Vance, B. 1992.  A Simple Key to EPA's GLP Regulation Advisories.  Society of Quality Assurance Newsletter 7:8.
 
Mueller-Westerhoff, U. T., B. Vance, and D. I. Yoon.  1991.  The synthesis of dithiolene dyes with strong near-IR absorption.  Tetrahedron 47:909.
 
Vance, B.  1987.  The crystal structure of tetrakis[trimethyl-µ-S,S,N-thiocyanatoplatinum], [(Pt(CH3)3SCN)4].  J. Organomet. Chem. 336:441.
 
Mueller-Westerhoff, U. T. and B. Vance.  1987.  Dithiolenes and related species.  Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry 2:595.
 
Vance, T. B. Jr., E. M. Holt, C. G. Pierpont, and S. L. Holt.  1980. Transition-metal Crown ether complexes.  I. Tetrahedral and octahedral cobalt(II) in hexaaquacobalt tetrachlorocobaltate 18-Crown-6 acetone.  Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B, B36:150.
 
Vance, T. B. Jr., E. M. Holt, D. L. Varie, and S. L. Holt.  1980.  Transition-metal Crown ether complexes.  II. Structure of hexaaquamanganese(II) perchlorate 18-Crown-6.  Acta Crystallogr. Sect. B, B36:153.
 
Vance, T. B. Jr., L. G. Warner, and K. Seff.   1977.  Crystal and molecular structure of mercaptide-bridged dinickel(II) complex:  bis-µ-[2-[(2-pyridyl-ethyl)amino]ethylthiolato] dinickel(II) perchlorate.  Inorg. Chem. 16:2106.
 
Ottersen, T., B. Vance, N. J. Doorenbos, B.-L. Chang, and F. S. El-Faraly.  1977.  The crystal structure of cudranone:  A new anti microbial agent from Cudrania cochinchinensis.  Acta Chem. Scand. Ser. B, B31:434.
 
Vance, T. B. Jr. and K. Seff.  1975.  Hydrated and dehydrated crystal structures of seven-twelfths cesium-exchanged zeolite A.  J. Phys. Chem. 79:2163.
 
Yanagida, R. Y., T. B. Vance, Jr., and K. Seff.  1974.  Five-coordinate and three-coordinate manganese(II).  Hydrated and dehydrated crystal structures of partially manganese(II)-exchanged zeolite A.  Inorg. Chem. 13:723.
 
Yanagida, R. Y., T. B. Vance, Jr., and K. Seff.  1973.  Three- and five-coordinate manganese (II) in zeolite A.  J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun.  382.