Fiona.Lihs
Education
Ph.D Chemistry
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
M.S. Chemistry
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
B.Sc. Chemistry
University of Glasgow, Scotland
Biography
Born and raised in Scotland, and where I earned a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry for the University of Glasgow. I then moved to Arizona, quite the climate change, to attend ASU where I completed my Masters in Chemistry studying chemical education. Then continued at ASU to earn my PhD in Chemistry studying Bioinorganic systems.
I have many interests, which include working out and riding my bikes, reading, watching movies, crafts and spending time with my family and all my pets.
Academic Interests
My academic interests are all things chemistry and education and especially how to combine those two. I am very interested in active and cooperative learning and as a result my classes are very student centered. I am also very interested in alternative grading practices, as I believe that traditional grading is not equitable and does not encourage a growth mindset in students.
College Service
2023- Student Assessment Committee
2013-2020 Student Assessment Committee
Faculty Senate Representative
PAR Faculty Advisor
District Service
2016-2022, Chemistry Instructional Council
Affiliations
American Chemical Society
American Modeling Teachers Association
American Association of Chemistry Teachers
National Science Teachers Association
Publications & Intellectual Contributions
- Kinetics and Mechanism for CO2 Scrambling in a N-Carboxyimidazolidone Analogue for N1-Carboxybiotin.Lihs, F.J and M.T. Caudle, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002, 124(38); 11334-11341.
- Biocoordination chemistry of biotin and the mechanism for carboxyl transfer in biotin enzymes. Caudle, M.T., Lihs, F.J., et al.,. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2001. 86(1): p. 172-172.
- Dynamic Visualization in Chemistry Abstract of Special Issue 31, a CD-ROM for Mac OS and Windows. Birk, James P.; Leedy, Debra E.; Morgan, Rachel A.; Drake, Mark; Lihs, Fiona; Nickoles, Eleisha J.; McKelvy, Michael J. Journal of Chemical Education, 2003, 80, 1095.
- A tetranuclear iron cluster complex: [{Fe(CO)(3)}(3){mu(3)- CC[Fe(CO)(2)(eta(5)-C5H5)]-C(CF3)}]. Muir, K.W., et al., Acta Crystallographica Section C-Crystal Structure Communications, 1997. 53: p. 219-222.
- Introductory Chemistry: A Novel Approach. Lihs F. J. and Torrison L. W., Innovations Conference, Philidelphia, PA; March 6, 2012.
- Investigation of carbon dioxide dissociation from N- carboxybiotin using N-carboxyimidazolidone models. Lihs, F.J. and M.T. Caudle. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2002. 223: p. 144-INOR.
- Probing the role of divalent metal ions in biotin-dependent carboxylase enzymes through chemical modeling. Caudle, M.T., et al., Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 1999. 74(1-4): p. 91-91.=
- Biotin carboxylase modeling using monovalent and divalent metal carboxyimidazolidonate complexes. Lihs, F.J. and M.T. Caudle, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2001. 221: p. 497-INOR.
- Reaction of Mn(III) imidazolidonate complexes with carbon dioxide as a model for biotin enzymes. Morrice, F.J. and M.T. Caudle, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2000. 219: p. 524-INOR.
- The investigation of metal complexes and carbon dioxide activity of biotin model ligands. Morrice, F.J. and M.T. Caudle, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 1999. 217: p. 245-INOR.