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
Titel/Autoren | DOI-LINK | Magazine | Jahre | |
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Porous PEDOT:PSS Particles and Their Application as Tunable Cell Culture Substrate
S. B. Rauer, D. J. Bell, P. Jain, K. Rahimi, D. Felder, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202100836 | Advanced Materials Technologies | 2021 | |
Tailoring Pore Networks – Gas Diffusion Electrodes Via Additive Manufacturing
N. Weber, J. Linkhorst, R. Keller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300720 | Advanced Materials Technologies | 2023 | |
Tollens Reaction-Based Integration of Thin Film Wall Electrodes into Microfluidic PDMS Devices
G. Linz, S. B. Rauer, L. Stüwe, D. J. Bell, M. Rausch and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202100250 | Advanced Materials Technologies | 2021 | |
An Electrode with Two-Level Porosity for Electro-Fenton: Carbon Nanofiber-Functionalized Macroporous Nickel Foam
A. Limper, M. Mohseni, R. Keller, J. Linkhorst, J. Klankermayer and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202200408 | Advanced Sustainable Systems | 2022 | |
CNT Microtubes with Entrapped Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Remove Micropollutants through a Heterogeneous Electro-Fenton Process at Neutral pH
M. Mohseni, K. Demeestere, G. Du Laing, S. Yüce, R. G. Keller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202100001 | Advanced Sustainable Systems | 2021 | |
Why Membranes Matter: Ion Exchange Membranes in Holistic Process Optimization of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
M. Heßelmann, H. Minten, T. Geissler, R. G. Keller, A. Bardow and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202300077 | Advanced Sustainable Systems | 2023 | |
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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https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202100492 | Advanced Theory and Simulations | 2022 | |
How Does Temporal and Sequential Delivery of Multiple Growth Factors Affect Vascularization inside 3d Hydrogels?
C. Bastard, D. Günther, J. Gerardo-Nava, M. Dewerchin, P. Sprycha, C. Licht, A. Lüken, M. Wessling and L. De Laporte
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202300091 | Advanced Therapeutics | 2023 | |
Catalytically Active Hollow Fiber Membranes with Enzyme-Embedded Metal-Organic Framework Coating
D. J. Bell, M. Wiese, A. A. Schönberger and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202003287 | Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 2020 | |
Dynamic Flow Enables Long‐Term Maintenance of 3‐D Vascularized Human Skin Models
R. Rimal, Y. Marquardt, T. Nevolianis, S. Djeljadini, A. B. Marquez, S. Huth, D. N. Chigrin, M. Wessling, J. M. Baron, M. Möller and S. Singh
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101213 | Applied Materials Today | 2021 | |
Three-Dimensional Membranes for Artificial Lungs: Comparison of Flow-Induced Hemolysis
F. Hesselmann, D. Arnemann, P. Bongartz, M. Wessling, C. Cornelissen, T. Schmitz-Rode, U. Steinseifer, S. V. Jansen and J. Arens
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https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14081 | Artificial Organs | 2021 | |
Atomic layer deposition for efficient oxygen evolution reaction at Pt/Ir catalyst layers
S. Schlicht, K. Percin, S. Kriescher, A. Hofer, C. Weidlich, M. Wessling and J. Bachmann
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https://doi.org/10.3762%2Fbjnano.11.79 | Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology | 2020 |