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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Towards a Biohybrid Lung: Endothelial Cells Promote Oxygen Transfer through Gas Permeable Membranes
S. Menzel, N. Finocchiaro, C. Donay, A. L. Thiebes, F. Hesselmann, J. Arens, S. Djeljadini, M. Wessling, T. Schmitz-Rode, S. Jockenhoevel and C. G. Cornelissen
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https://www.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5258196 | Biomed Research International | 2017 | |
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Tunable permeability and selectivity: Heatable inorganic porous hollow fiber membrane with a thermo-responsive microgel coating
T. Lohaus, P. de Wit, M. Kather, D. Menne, N. E. Benes, A. Pich and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.05.052 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2017 | |
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Additive Manufacturing in Fluid Process Engineering
T. Femmer, I. Flack and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201500086 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2016 | |
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An integrated electrochemical process to convert lignin to value-added products under mild conditions
S. Stiefel, A. Schmitz, J. Peters, D. Di Marino and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1039/c6gc00878j | Green Chemistry | 2016 | |
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Dual-Charged Hollow Fiber Membranes for Low-Pressure Nanofiltration Based on Polyelectrolyte Complexes: One-Step Fabrication with Tailored Functionalities
C. V. Gherasim, T. Luelf, H. Roth and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b05706 | Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2016 | |
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Electrochemical depolymerisation of lignin in a deep eutectic solvent
D. Di Marino, D. Stockmann, S. Kriescher, S. Stiefel and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1039/c6gc01353h | Green Chemistry | 2016 | |
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How Much Do Ultrathin Polymers with Intrinsic Microporosity Swell in Liquids?
W. Ogieglo, B. Ghanem, X. H. Ma, I. Pinnau and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b06807 | Journal of Physical Chemistry B | 2016 | |
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Mechanistic modeling of the dielectric impedance of layered membrane architectures
R. F. M. C. M.-C. M.Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.07.055 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2016 | |
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Microfiltration of deformable microgels
O. Nir, T. Trieu, S. Bannwarth and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01345g | Soft Matter | 2016 | |
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Microfluidic colloid filtration
J. Linkhorst, T. Beckmann, D. Go, A. J. C. Kuehne and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1038/srep22376 | Scientific Reports | 2016 | |
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Mikrogel‐Kompositmembranen mit schaltbarer Permeabilität
M. Barth, M. Wiese, D. Go, W. Ogieglo, A. Kühne and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201650453 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2016 | |
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On individual resistances of selective skin, porous support and diffusion boundary layer in water vapor permeation
S. Koester, J. Lolsberg, L. Lutz, D. Marten and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.12.070 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2016 |