Barbara Albert | |
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Born | Bad Godesberg, West Germany | 9 December 1966
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Bonn |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | Technische Universität Darmstadt University of Hamburg University of Duisburg-Essen |
Thesis | Tetramethylammoniumsalze als Analoga von Alkalimetallsalzen (Tetramethylammonium salts as analogues of alkali metal salts) (1995) |
Barbara Ruth Albert (born 9 December 1966) is a German chemist and rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen. She was Professor of Solid State Chemistry at the Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of the Technische Universität Darmstadt. From 2012 to 2013 she was the president of the German Chemical Society.
Her research focuses on the synthesis of borides, borates and hydro borates, and solids with interesting physical properties.[1]