I graduated from Lake Forest College in 2018 with a B.A. in Chemistry. While there, I conducted research in the exploratory synthesis of novel metal thiophosphate materials using ionic liquids. Now at Iowa, I am working on synthesizing novel metal-organic frameworks for gas storage applications and characterizing their physical properties using atomic force microscopy as part of a joint effort with Professor Len MacGillivray's group. My hobbies include traveling, hiking, working out, and watching football.

Publications as of Spring 2021:

Tiba, A.; Conway, M. T.; Hill, C. S.; Swenson, D. C.; MacGillivray, L. R.; Tivanski, A. V., Mechanical Rigidity of a Shape-memory Metal-organic Framework increases by Crystal Downsizing. Chem. Commun. 2021,57, 89-92. doi.org/10.1039/D0CC05684G.

Tiba, A; Tivanski, A. V.; MacGillivray, L. R., Size-Dependent Mechanical Properties of a Metal-Organic Framework: Increase in Flexibility of ZIF-8 by Crystal Downsizing. Nano Letters. 2019, 19, 6140-6143. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02125.