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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Electrochemical Membrane Reactor Modeling for Lignin Depolymerization
B. D. M. Bawareth, D.; Nijhuis, T. A.; Jestel, T.; Wessling, M.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b04670 | Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering | 2019 | |
Electrical swing adsorption on functionalized hollow fibers
L. Keller, T. Lohaus, L. Abduly, G. Hadler and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.04.029 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2019 | |
Effect of the 3D Swelling of Microgels on Their 2D Phase Behavior at the Liquid–Liquid Interface
S. Bochenek, A. Scotti, W. Ogieglo, M. Á. Fernández-Rodríguez, M. F. Schulte, R. A. Gumerov, N. V. Bushuev, I. I. Potemkin, M. Wessling, L. Isa and W. Richtering
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02498 | Langmuir | 2019 | |
Direktes Herstellungsverfahren von Komposit-Hohlfasermembranen mit sinusförmiger Geometrie
H. Roth, M. Alders, T. Luelf, S. Emonds, M. Tepper and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201900032 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2019 | |
Direct Observation of Deformation in Microgel Filtration
J. Linkhorst, J. Rabe, L. T. Hirschwald, A. J. C. Kuehne and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55516-w | Scientific Reports | 2019 | |
Converting two wastes to value
A. Bardow and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-019-0392-4 | Nature Energy | 2019 | |
Co-generation of Ammonia and H-2 from H2O Vapor and N-2 Using a Membrane Electrode Assembly
K. Kugler, S. M. A. Kriescher, M. Giela, S. Hosseiny, K. Thimm and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201900090 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2019 | |
Charged microgels adsorbed on porous membranes - A study of their mobility and molecular retention
M. Wiese, T. Lohaus, J. Haussmann and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117190 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2019 | |
Cell Encapsulation in Soft, Anisometric Poly(ethylene) Glycol Microgels Using a Novel Radical-Free Microfluidic System
L. P. B. Guerzoni, J. C. Rose, D. B. Gehlen, A. Jans, T. Haraszti, M. Wessling, A. J. C. Kuehne and L. De Laporte
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.201900692 | Small | 2019 | |
Carboxylic Acids Production via Electrochemical Depolymerization of Lignin
D. J. Di Marino, T.; Marks, C.; Viell, J.; Blindert, M.; Kriescher, S. M. A.; Spiess, A. C.; Wessling, M.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/celc.201801676 | Chemelectrochem | 2019 | |
Carbon nanotube silica composite hollow fibers impregnated with polyethylenimine for CO2 capture
L. O. Keller, B.; Abduly, L.; Wessling, M.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.100 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2019 | |
Can the variance in membrane performance influence the design of organic solvent nanofiltration processes?
A. K. Bocking, V.; Wind, J.; Thiermeyer, Y.; Blumenschein, S.; Goebel, R.; Skiborowski, M.; Wessling, M.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.12.077 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2019 |