Albert studied Chemistry at the
University of Bonn from 1985 to 1990. She worked on her dissertation in the group of until 1995. With the help of the Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Materials Research Laboratory of the
University of California, Santa Barbara in the group of
Anthony Cheetham. In 2000 she habilitated at the University of Bonn, where she became a
Privatdozent in 2001. In the same year she became a professor at the
University of Hamburg, where she was also Managing Director of the Institute for Inorganic and Applied Chemistry from 2003 to 2005. From 2005 to 2022 she was a professor at the
Technische Universität Darmstadt. From 2012 to 2013 she was the president of the
German Chemical Society. She has been a member of the supervisory board of
Evonik Industries since 2014 and of the supervisory board of the
Schunk Group since 2016. Since April 2022, she is rector of the
University of Duisburg-Essen. == Awards ==