In 2023 Alex was honoured to be awarded the Harrison–Meldola Memorial Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
| From Jul. 2025 | Reader, University of St Andrews |
| From Jul. 2020 | EPSRC Early Career Fellow, Reader level, University of St Andrews Visiting Scientist, Crystallography Group, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source |
| From Feb. 2016 | Visiting Scientist, Quantum Materials Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Feb. 2016 – Jul. 2020 | HRPD Instrument Scientist, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source |
| Apr. 2014 – Jan. 2016 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Quantum Materials Department, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Nov. 2012 – Mar. 2014 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Visiting Researcher, Magnetic Materials Lab, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Japan |
| Feb. 2011 – Nov. 2011 | International Program Associate (IPA), Magnetic Materials Lab, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Japan. |
| 2008 – 2013 | PhD University of St Andrews Supervisors: Prof. A.P. Mackenzie (School of Physics & Astronomy) Prof. P. Lightfoot (School of Chemistry) |
| 2003 – 2008 | MPhys Physics with additional modules in Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UK |