[1] She attended the Saratov State University for her undergraduate studies, where she was awarded a scholarship from the Government of Russia for outstanding performance in science.
[2][3] After earning her doctorate, Alexandrova moved to Yale University, where she joined the laboratory of William L. Jorgensen.
[1] The materials considered by Alexandrova included quantum dots, artificial metalloenzymes, heterogeneous catalysis and ultra hard alloys.
[6] She makes use of various computational models, including density functional theory, molecular dynamics and ab initio quantum chemistry methods.
Alexandrova spent 2016 as a Fulbright Program scholar at the École Normal Supérieure where she focused on computational catalysis.