Rate Professor Anastassia Alexandrova

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Utah State University, 2005; B.S. in Chemistry, Saratov State University, Russia, 2000.

Research Interests: Computational and theoretical chemistry, focusing on catalysis, materials design, and enzyme functionality. Develops multi-scale modeling approaches for surface chemistry and nanomaterials.

Appointments: Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA; Faculty member, California NanoSystems Institute.

Awards: 2023 Brown Investigator Award for basic research in chemistry and physics; American Chemical Society Early Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry.

Publications: Over 100 peer-reviewed articles, including 'Designing Catalysts with Machine Learning' in Nature Catalysis (2020).

Editorial Contributions: Editorial board member, Journal of Physical Chemistry.