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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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 | |
Cellular Architects at Work: Cells Building Their Own Microgel Houses
S. Bulut, D. Günther, M. Bund, C. Haats, T. Bissing, C. Bastard, M. Wessling, L. De Laporte and A. Pich
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202302957 | Advanced Healthcare Materials | 2023 | |
Charge Distribution in Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Nanofiltration Membranes Affects Ion Separation and Scaling Propensity
E. Evdochenko, J. Kamp, R. Dunkel, V. V. Nikonenko and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119533 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2021 | |
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 | |
Chemistry in a spinneret - Composite hollow fiber membranes in a single step process
H. Roth, T. Luelf, A. Koppelmann, M. Abel and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.051 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 | |
Chemistry in a spinneret - Formation of hollow fiber membranes with a cross-linked polyelectrolyte separation layer
S. Emonds, H. Roth and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118325 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2020 | |
Chemistry in a Spinneret—Polydopamine Functionalized Hollow Fiber Membranes
I. I. Rose, H. Roth, J. Xie, F. Hollmann, S. Votteler, M. Storr, B. Krause and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2022.120324 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2022 | |
Closing the cycle: Phosphorus removal and recovery from diluted effluents using acid resistive membranes
O. Nir, R. Sengpiel and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.181 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2018 | |
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 | |
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 | |
CO2/CH4 Pure- and Mixed-Gas Dilation and Sorption in Thin (∼500 nm) and Ultrathin (∼50 nm) Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
W. Ogieglo, G. Genduso, J. Rubner, J. Hofmann-Préveraud de Vaumas, M. Wessling and I. Pinnau
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01163 | Macromolecules | 2020 | |
Combining electrochemical hydrogen separation and temperature vacuum swing adsorption for the separation of N-2, H-2 and CO2
B. Ohsa, L. Abduly, M. Krödel and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.01.218 | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | 2020 |