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Carrie Vance obtained advanced degrees in chemical physics and biophysics from Caltech and Johns Hopkins University where she specialized in NMR and EPR spectroscopy applied to chemical and enzymatic reaction dynamics. With an interest in how spectroscopic approaches could be applied to larger systems with more biological focus, she joined the Biophotonics program at MSU to develop modes of using spectroscopy and chemometrics to assess animal and plant physiology. In this context, her research has expanded into applications of NIR spectroscopy to aspects of metabolism, endocrinology and reproduction, chemical communication and disease across numerous taxa.