Alexandra T. Barth

Education

Postdoc Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. 2023 to present.
                Evaluating photophysics and reactivity of earth-abundant photosensitizers.
                Advisor: Prof. Felix (Phil) N. Castellano.
Ph.D.        Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. 2022.
Thesis: Electronic Structures and Reactivity of Metal Complexes
                Advisor: Harry B. Gray.
B.S.          Chemistry with Honors, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 2017.
Minors in Biology and Mathematics. 
Advisor: Prof. Thomas E. Albrecht.

Fellowships

Department of Energy SCGSR Program Internship, 2022.
National Science Foundation INTERN Funding (Declined), 2022.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Program Fellowship, 2018-2021.
California Institute of Technology Institutional Research Fellowship, 2017-2018.
Department of Energy Integrated University Program Fellowship, FY2016 & FY2017.
Research Experience for Undergraduates, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. 

Awards

ACS Postdoc to Faculty Workshop, American Chemical Society, 2024.
Building Future Faculty Program, NCSU Office of Equity and Diversity, 2024.
CAS Future Leaders Top 100, CAS Division of the American Chemical Society, 2024.
Outstanding Teaching Assistantship Award, Caltech CCE, 2021-2022.
Women Mentoring Women Outstanding Mentor Award, Caltech Diversity, 2020.
Fannie & John Hertz Foundation Fellowship Finalist, 2018.
Florida State University Department of Chemistry Outstanding Senior Award, 2017.
The Charles A. Brautlecht Scholarship in Chemistry, 2016.
Russell H. and Dorothy P. Johnsen Scholarship in Chemistry, 2016. 

Teaching

Guest Lectures, NC State University, 2023 to 2024.
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II, General Chemistry II, Photochemistry and Photophysics

Teaching Assistant for Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Caltech, Winter 2020 & 2022.
Caltech Center for Learning Teaching Outreach Certificate of Practice, 2021.
Caltech Certificate of Interest in Undergraduate Research Mentoring, 2019.
University Teaching in STEM Course, Winter 2018.

Teaching Assistant for Organic Chemistry II Laboratory, Florida State University, Fall 2016 & Spring 2017.
Tutor for Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (Program for First-generation and URM students), Florida State University, 2015 to 2017.

Service

Early Career Researcher Advisory Council, BioLEC Early Frontier Research Center.
Board Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, NC State Chemistry.
Judge, North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair, NC Science Fair Foundation.

President (2019) and Treasurer (2018), Women in Chemistry at Caltech
Coordinator of Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar Series, Caltech Chemistry.
Board Member, Caltech Student Alumni Association.

Founder and Board Member at Student Council for Undergraduate Research and Creativity at Florida State University.
Founding President, American Chemical Society at Florida State University.
Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement Tutor at Florida State University.