Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling
The aim of Matthias Wessling’s research is to integrate selective mass transfer and conversion into micro-, meso- and macroscopic systems. In particular, he focusses on systems with functionalities controlled by tailored interfaces. Macroscopic systems are being analyzed, modeled and developed at his chair for Chemical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University (Aachener Verfahrenstechnik). At DWI, Matthias Wessling focuses on micro- and mesoscopic systems which integrate basic principles of boundary layers: (a) selective mass transport, (b) molecular-specific conversion and (c) charge transfer. The overall aim is to synthesize interactive materials systems inspired by nature. Using existing and novel materials, complex interactive structures are engineered and their structure-function relationship is analyzed in stable or transient pressure, concentration and electrical charge gradients. Applications are energy storage, water treatment and medical engineering.
Curriculum Vitae
Matthias Wessling heads the Chair of Chemical Process Engineering at RWTH Aachen University. He is Vice-Rector for Research and Structure at the RWTH Aachen University and a member of the DWI Scientific Board. He was Vice Scientific Director of the DWI from 2015 to 2018. He is Editor of the Journal of Membrane Science. After studying chemical engineering in Dortmund and Cincinatti, he did his PhD in Twente/NL. He was Senior Research Scientist at Membrane Technology and Research Inc., Menlo Park, CA and head of the Department of Separation Processes at Akzo Nobel. From 2000 to 2010, he was Chair of Membrane Science and Technology at the University of Twente.
Selected professional functions, honors and awards
- 2022 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2019 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 2016 ERC Advanced Grant ConFluReM (Controlling Fluid Resistance at Membranes)
- 2010 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
- Since 2003 Honorary Scientific Member, Russian Academy of Science Institute TIPS (Topchiev Institute of Petrolchemical Sciences), Moscow
- 1994 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, European Membrane Society
Projects
Publications
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Additive Manufacturing of Intertwined Electrode Pairs - Guided Mass Transport with Gyroids
F. Wiesner, A. Limper, C. Marth, A. Brodersen, M. Wessling and J. Linkhorst
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Advanced Engineering Materials | 2022 | |
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Chemistry in a Spinneret—Polydopamine Functionalized Hollow Fiber Membranes
I. I. Rose, H. Roth, J. Xie, F. Hollmann, S. Votteler, M. Storr, B. Krause and M. Wessling
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Journal of Membrane Science | 2022 | |
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Coupled Ionic–Electronic Charge Transport in Organic Neuromorphic Devices
D. Felder, R. Femmer, D. Bell, D. Rall, D. Pietzonka, S. Henzler, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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Advanced Theory and Simulations | 2022 | |
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Direct Electrosynthesis of 2-Butanone from Fermentation Supernatant
T. Harhues, L. Portheine, C. Plath, J. Viell, R. Keller, J. Büchs and M. Wessling
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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering | 2022 | |
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Hands-on Kinetic Measurements and Simulation for Chemical Process Engineering Students
S. Herrmann, D. Felder, M. Padligur, S. Brosch, M. Geiger, F. Stockmeier, K. Baitalow, D. Rall, R. Femmer, F. Roghmans, M. Hauser, J. Mehlis, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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Education for Chemical Engineers | 2022 | |
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In-Line Characterization of the Temperature-Responsive Behavior of Surface-Bound Microgel Coatings by Qcm-D: A Novel Strategy for Protein Repellence Evaluation
M. Santi, P. Saha, J. J. Walkowiak, J. Rubner, M. Wessling and A. Pich
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2022 | |
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Linking the Effect of Temperature on Adsorption from Aqueous Solution with Solute Dissociation
B. M. Aumeier, A. Augustin, M. Thönes, J. Sablotny, T. Wintgens and M. Wessling
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Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2022 | |
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Measurement of Electrokinetically Induced Hydrodynamics at Ion-Selective Interfaces Using 3D Micro Particle Tracking Velocimetry (µPTV)
F. Stockmeier, M. Schatz, M. Habermann, J. Linkhorst, A. Mani and M. Wessling
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MethodsX | 2022 | |
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Micromodel of a Gas Diffusion Electrode Tracks In-Operando Pore-Scale Wetting Phenomena
A. M. Kalde, M. Grosseheide, S. Brosch, S. V. Pape, R. G. Keller, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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Small | 2022 | |
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On the Mixed Gas Behavior of Organosilica Membranes Fabricated by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)
J. Rubner, S. Skribbe, H. Roth, L. Kleines, R. Dahlmann and M. Wessling
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Membranes (Basel) | 2022 | |
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Rotation-in-a-Spinneret Integrates Static Mixers inside Hollow Fiber Membranes
M. Tepper, Y. Eminoglu, N. Mehling, J. Walorski, H. Roth and M. Wessling
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Journal of Membrane Science | 2022 | |
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Surface Charge Affecting Fluid–Fluid Displacement at Pore Scale
A. Kalde, S. Lippold, J. Loelsberg, A.-K. Mertens, J. Linkhorst, P. A. Tsai and M. Wessling
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Advanced Materials Interfaces | 2022 |