Barbara Ruth Albert (born 9 December 1966 in Bad Godesberg, Germany) is a German chemist and 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 Society of German Chemists.
Her research focuses on the synthesis of borides, borates and hydro borates, and solids with interesting physical properties.