Albert is an expert in Operations Research, specializing solving and modeling discrete optimization problems arising from applications in homeland security, disaster management, emergency response, public services, and healthcare.
In 2006, Albert completed her PhD in Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the topic "Designing aviation security systems: Theory and practice".
Albert is also the director of Badger Bracketology[16] and its blog that reports on the methodology for forecasting the NCAA football playoff based on the research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering sports analytics team.
Albert routinely promotes operations research, industrial engineering, and analytics through her blogs, public talks and media interviews.
Profiles of Albert have appeared in American Society for Engineering Education PRISM,[28] the Wisconsin State Journal,[29] the Cap Times,[30] and SB Nation Bucky's 5th Quarter.