Presently, Alice P. Gast is Member-International Governors Board at New York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Gast is also President of Imperial College London, Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Member of American Physical Society and Member of American Chemical Society and on the board of 6 other companies.

She previously was Professor at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, President of Lehigh University, Vice President-Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science and Professor at Stanford University.

Alice P. Gast received a doctorate and a graduate degree from Princeton University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California.