After finishing his doctorate on autogenous comminution of limestone in stirred media mills in 1996, Arno Kwade worked about 4.5 years as a process engineer in a leading position of an engineering office specialized on bulk solids handling solutions, and worked as consultant for comminution technology. In 2000, he became general manager of a midsize company operating concrete block factories and a gravel mine. Since 2005, he is leading the Institute for Particle Technology at TU Braunschweig with a strong focus on fine comminution and classification
as well as bulk solids processing and handling. Moreover, he is head of the European working party on comminution and classification since 2010.
His research focus lies on gaining deep knowledge and developing process-structure-property relationships as well as mechanistic models of processes in which particles are mechanically stressed and formulated. Besides processing of classical products as especially minerals, cement and ceramics, today also sustainable products and processes are important research topics, ranging from mechanochemical synthesis to production and recycling of electrodes for lithium-ion and all-solid-state batteries. In this regard, he is Chairman of the Battery LabFactory Braunschweig (BLB) and the Center of Pharmaceutical Engineering (PVZ).
