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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2020-01-21 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006782b.htm person Vance Eric Raymond FTSE AACR2 15 November 1942 7 March 2019 Place of Birth Ararat, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia Nuclear physicist Materials scientist Lou Vance was a physicist internationally recognised as an authority on the development of wasteforms for nuclear waste. In particular he led research into synroc technology, an artificial mineral for the safe storage of radioactive elements invented by Ted Ringwood, and into its commercialisation potential. After holding several research positions over nearly 20 years in the United Kingdom, the U.S.A. and Canada investigating waste-form technology, Vance became Senior Research Scientist at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation in 1987. He played a key role in advocating the use of synroc. Vance published over 400 papers and held three patents related to synroc. 1968 1968 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Monash University 1968 1969 Career event - Joined Australian Atomic Energy Commission (now Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) 1969 1972 Career position - Research fellow, University College, London 1972 1977 Career position - Research fellow, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University 1977 1978 Career position - Research fellow, University College, London 1978 1979 Career position - Research scientist, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. 1979 1982 Career position - Research scientist, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A. 1982 1987 Career position - Research scientist, Atomic Energy of Canada, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada 1987 2001 Career position - Senior Research Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 1987 2019 Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Physics 2001 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 2002 c. 2016 Career position - Co-editor, Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society 2003 2003 Award - Fellow, American Ceramic Society 2003 2003 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 2007 2007 Award - Leverhulme Fellowship, University of Cambridge 2008 2008 Award - Fellow, Australian Ceramic Society 2008 2008 Award - Academician, World Academy of Ceramics 2012 2012 Career position - Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of nuclear science and technology 2018 2018 Award - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, CEO Award - for Sustained Research Contribution (with Mark Reinhard) Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Commonwealth of Australia (1987 - )

Chief Research Scientist 2001 - ?2007

 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (1987 - )

Elected Fellow 2003

 Australian Institute of Physics (1963 - )

Fellow 1987 - 2019

 Australian Ceramic Society (II) (1961 - )

Fellow 2008 - 2019

 'Vance, Eric Raymond (Lou)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Vance, Eric Raymond (Lou) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Vale Eric Raymond (Lou) Vance (1942 - 2019) Finlayson, Trevor; and Gregg, Dan Vale Eric Raymond (Lou) Vance (1942 - 2019) 2019 Australian Physics 55 6 162-3 Newspaper Article: Eric Vance; scientific leadership and achievements Edwards, Brian; Finlayson, Trevor; Gregg, Daniel and Lewis, Graeme K. Eric Vance; scientific leadership and achievements 2019 Sydney Morning Herald Journal Article: Eric Raymond "Lou" Vance AO FTSE: physicist's life full of discovery Anon Eric Raymond "Lou" Vance AO FTSE: physicist's life full of discovery 2019 Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 209 64