Kerstin Schierle-Arndt

Vice President Research Inorganic Materials and Synthesis, Associate Director CARA - California Research Alliance by BASF

Kerstin Schierle-Arndt studied chemistry at the University of Bonn and received her PhD 1998 in electrochemistry. She joined BASF in 1998 and was involved in several R&D projects for electrochemical processes for organic and inorganic compounds. After positions within controlling and marketing she took over the responsibility for a research group dealing with Inorganic Chemistry as Senior Research Manager in 2007. In 2018 Kerstin became Vice President Research Inorganic Materials and Inorganic Synthesis. Her research interests are within new or improved materials for electronic and energy applications and battery recycling. This includes scale-up an process development. In addition, she is Associate Director of CARA – California Research Alliance by BASF