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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2D Patterned Ion-Exchange Membranes Induce Electroconvection; ARTN 1801309
F. E. Roghmans; Stockmeier, F.; Schneider, S.; Smailji, A.; Tiwari, R.; Mikosch, A.; Karatay, E.; Kuhne, A.; Walther, A.; Mani, A.; Wessling, M.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/admi.201801309 | Advanced Materials Interfaces | 2019 | |
3D MRI velocimetry of non-transparent 3D-printed staggered herringbone mixers
M. Wiese, S. Benders, B. Blumich and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.02.096 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2018 | |
3D nanofabrication inside rapid prototyped microfluidic channels showcased by wet-spinning of single micrometre fibres
J. Lölsberg, J. Linkhorst, A. Cinar, A. Jans, A. J. C. Kühne and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1039/c7lc01366c | Lab on a Chip | 2018 | |
3D-Printed Bioreactor with Integrated Impedance Spectroscopy for Cell Barrier Monitoring
G. Linz, S. B. Rauer, Y. Kuhn, S. Wennemaring, L. Siedler, S. Singh and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202100009 | Advanced Materials | 2021 | |
3D-printed conductive static mixers enable all-vanadium redox flow battery using slurry electrodes
K. Percin, A. Rommerskirchen, R. Sengpiel, Y. Gendel and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.01.061 | Journal of Power Sources | 2018 | |
3D-Printed Electrodes with Improved Mass Transport Properties
J. Lolsberg, O. Starck, S. Stiefel, J. Hereijgers, T. Breugelmans and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/celc.201700662 | Chemelectrochem | 2017 | |
3D-printed rotating spinnerets create membranes with a twist
T. Luelf, D. Rall, D. Wypysek, M. Wiese, T. Femmer, C. Bremer, J. U. Michaelis and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.03.026 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 | |
A comprehensive mathematical model of water splitting in bipolar membranes: Impact of the spatial distribution of fixed charges and catalyst at bipolar junction
S. A. Mareeva, E. Evdochenko, M. Wessling, O. A. Kozaderova, S. I. Niftaliev, N. D. Pismenskaya, V.V. Nikonenkoa
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118010 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2020 | |
A Continuous Flow Reactor for Tubular Gas Diffusion Electrodes
N. Weber, M. Möntmann, M. Wessling and R. Keller
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150031 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2024 | |
A Falling Film Design for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
M. Großeheide, D. Schaffeld, R. Keller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2023.107487 | Electrochemistry Communications | 2023 | |
A Microfluidic Proton Flow Reactor System: In-Situ Visualisation of Hydrogen Evolution and Storage in Carbon-Based Slurry Electrodes
A. Heidarian, M. Wehner, M. Padligur, R. Keller, S. C. P. Cheung, E. W. Blanch, M. Wessling and G. Rosengarten
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233026 | Journal of Power Sources | 2023 | |
A Mini-Module with Built-in Spacers for High-Throughput Ultrafiltration
K. Baitalow, D. Wypysek, M. Leuthold, S. Weisshaar, J. Lölsberg and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119602 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2021 |