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.
Resume
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
Publications
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Microtubular Gas Diffusion Electrode Based on Ruthenium-Carbon Nanotubes for Ambient Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia
X. Wei, D. Vogel, L. Keller, S. Kriescher and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202001370 | ChemElectroChem | 2020 | |
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Modular modeling of electrochemical reactors: Comparison of CO2-electolyzers
L. C. Bree, M. Wessling and A. Mitsos
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2020.106890 | Computers & Chemical Engineering | 2020 | |
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Monolithic Sic Supports with Tailored Hierarchical Porosity for Molecularly Selective Membranes and Supported Liquid-Phase Catalysis
R. Portela, J. M. Marinkovic, M. Logemann, M. Schörner, N. Zahrtman, E. Eray, M. Haumann, E. J. García-Suárez, M. Wessling, P. Ávila, A. Riisager and R. Fehrmann
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2020.06.045 | Catalysis Today | 2020 | |
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Multi-scale membrane process optimization with high-fidelity ion transport models through machine learning
D. Rall, A. M. Schweidtmann, M. Kruse, E. Evdochenko, A.Mitsos and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118208 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2020 | |
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On the organic solvent free preparation of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes using polyelectrolyte complexation in an all aqueous phase inversion process
J. Kamp, S. Emonds, J. Borowec, M. A. Restrepo Toro and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118632 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2020 | |
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On the Resistances of a Slurry Electrode Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
K. Percin, B. van der Zee and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202000242 | ChemElectroChem | 2020 | |
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Process model for high salinity flow-electrode capacitive deionization processes with ion-exchange membranes
A. Rommerskirchen, M. Alders, F. Wiesner, C. J. Linnartz, A. Kalde and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118614 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2020 | |
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Rational Design of Ion Exchange Membrane Material Properties Limits the Crossover of CO2 Reduction Products in Artificial Photosynthesis Devices
M. Krödel, B. M. Carter, D. Rall, J. Lohaus, M. Wessling and D. J. Miller
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b21415 | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2020 | |
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Simultaneous rational design of ion separation membranes and processes
D. Rall, A. M. Schweidtmann, B. M. Aumeier, J. Kamp, J. Karwe, K. Ostendorf, A. Mitsos and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.117860 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2020 | |
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Stimuli-Responsive Zwitterionic Core–Shell Microgels for Antifouling Surface Coatings
P. Saha, M. Santi, M. Emondts, H. Roth, K. Rahimi, J. Großkurth, R. Ganguly, M. Wessling, N. K. Singha and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c17427 | ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2020 | |
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Towards synergistic oscillations in enzymatically active hydrogel spheres
D. J. Bell, D. Felder, W. G. von Westarp and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01548B | Soft Matter | 2020 | |
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Trypsin-Free Cultivation of 3D Mini-Tissues in an Adaptive Membrane Bioreactor
S. Djeljadini, T. Lohaus, M. Gausmann, S. Rauer, M. Kather, B. Krause, A. Pich, M. Möller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202000081 | Advanced Biosystems | 2020 |