Alexandra T. Barth
Education
Postdoc Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC. 2023 to present.
Ultrafast spectroscopy of ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) activation.
Advisor: 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.
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, FY2017.
Research Experience for Undergraduates, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016.
Department of Energy Integrated University Program Fellowship, FY2016.
Awards
CAS Future Leaders Program, CAS Division of the American Chemical Society, 2025.
Profile by NC State Graduate School (Spring 2025).
Winner, Young Voices in the Chemical Sciences for Sustainability by IOCD, 2025.
International essay contest for RSC Sustainability (one per continent; 3% success rate).
Leadership in Mentoring Recognition, American Chemical Society, 2025.
Outstanding Teaching Assistantship Award, Caltech CCE Division, 2022.
Women Mentoring Women Outstanding Mentor Award, Caltech Diversity, 2020.
Profile by #SoCaltech (Caltech Magazine, Spring 2020).
Professional Programs
ACS Postdoc to Faculty Workshop, American Chemical Society, 2024.
Building Future Faculty Program, North Carolina State University, 2024.
Mentor Training Workshop, American Chemical Society, 2024.
Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach – Certificate of Practice, 2021. Mentored training program in university-level instruction, receiving over 150 hours of teaching and feedback from peer leaders and faculty.
Certificate of Interest in Undergraduate Research Mentoring, 2020.
Six-week training workshop focused on mentoring summer undergraduate students.
Teaching
Teaching Experience (Student evaluation ratings in parentheses; NA = not available)
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Caltech – Winter 2020 (4.7) and Winter 2022 (5.0, Teaching Award)
Organic Chemistry II Laboratory, Florida State University – Fall 2016 (NA), Spring 2017 (5.0)
Guest Lecturer, NC State University, 2023–2024.
Undergraduate-Level Courses: General Chemistry II, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II.
Graduate-Level Courses: Photochemistry and Photophysics.
Service
Early Career Editorial Board, Inorganics.
Advisory Board Member, ACS Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars.
Early Career Researcher Advisory Council, BioLEC Early Frontier Research Center.
Expert Interviewee, Chemistry World, Article Link.
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.