Rate My Professor Vince Wallace

Professor Vince Wallace is a Professor in the School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing within the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at the University of Western Australia. He possesses over 20 years of experience in biophotonics, having graduated with a PhD in Medical Physics from the University of London in 1997. After completing his doctorate, Wallace spent three years at the Beckman Laser Institute at the University of California, Irvine. He then joined Toshiba Research Europe in Cambridge, UK, to investigate potential medical applications of terahertz radiation. In April 2001, TeraView Ltd was spun out from Toshiba Labs, and Wallace led the group focused on medical applications of terahertz technology until moving to the University of Western Australia in 2007, where he applies terahertz and other photonic techniques to biomedical and clinical problems.

Wallace's research specializations include medical physics, spectroscopy, non-invasive diagnostics, photomedicine, biomedical optics, terahertz radiation, cancer diagnostics, and innovation. He has produced 151 research outputs, comprising 77 journal articles, 61 conference papers, eight review articles, and two book chapters. Among his most influential publications are 'The 2017 terahertz science and technology roadmap' (Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2017), cited over 1,850 times; 'Biomedical applications of terahertz technology' (Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2006), cited over 1,180 times; 'Terahertz pulse imaging in reflection geometry of human skin cancer and skin tissue' (Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2002), cited over 1,000 times; and 'Terahertz pulsed spectroscopy of freshly excised human breast cancer' (Optics Express, 2009), cited over 630 times. His work has garnered more than 14,500 citations on Google Scholar. Wallace served as Associate Editor for Biomedical Optics Express from 2019 to 2024 and for IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology from 2016 to 2022. In 2024, he was awarded the Barry Inglis Medal for sustained contributions to Australian measurement science. He delivered the public lecture 'From Diagnosis to Treatment – How physics helps the fight against cancer' in 2020 and is affiliated with the UWA Defence and Security Institute. As Head of the Department of Physics, he contributes significantly to the field.