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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Ultra-High Proton/Vanadium Selectivity for Hydrophobic Polymer Membranes with Intrinsic Nanopores for Redox Flow Battery
I. Chae, T. Luo, G. H. Moon, W. Ogieglo, Y. S. Kang and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201600517 | Advanced Energy Materials | 2016 | |
Two-Photon Vertical-Flow Lithography for Microtube Synthesis
J. Lolsberg, A. Cinar, D. Felder, G. Linz, S. Djeljadini and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201901356 | Small | 2019 | |
Two-Level Porosity Electrodes from Metal-Polymer Dispersions
A. Limper, T. Harhues, R. Keller, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2022.107205 | Electrochemistry Communications | 2022 | |
Tuning the ion selectivity of porous poly(2,5-benzimidazole) membranes by phase separation for all vanadium redox flow batteries
T. Luo, B. Dreusicke and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.03.086 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 | |
Tuning the Excess Charge and Inverting the Salt Rejection Hierarchy of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Membranes
J. Kamp, S. Emonds, M. Seidenfaden, P. Papenheim, M. Kryschewski, J. Rubner and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119636 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2021 | |
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 | |
Tubular hollow fibre electrodes for CO2 reduction made from copper aluminum alloy with drastically increased intrinsic porosity
D. Bell, D. Rall, M. Großeheide, L. Marx, L. Hülsdünker and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2019.106645 | Electrochemistry Communications | 2019 | |
Tubular carbon nanotube-based gas diffusion electrode removes persistent organic pollutants by a cyclic adsorption - Electro-Fenton process
H. Roth, Y. Gendel, P. Buzatu, O. David and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.12.066 | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2016 | |
Tubular and Bio-Based Carbons as Binder-Free Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Heterogeneous Electro-Fenton to Remove Micropollutants
M. Mohseni, F. Voit, Y. Xie, K. Demeestere, G. Du Laing, S. Yüce, R. Keller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143755 | Electrochimica Acta | 2024 | |
Trypsin-Free Cultivation of 3D Mini-Tissues in an Adaptive Membrane Bioreactor
S. Djeljadini, T. Lohaus, M. Gausmann, S. Rauer, M. Kather, B. Krause, A. Pich, M. Möller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202000081 | Advanced Biosystems | 2020 | |
Treatment of Cooling and Process Water in the Steel Industry
R. Wolters, M. Hubrich, M. Kozariszczuk, P. Mund, J. Kamp and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201900050 | Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik | 2019 | |
Transformative Materials to Create 3D Functional Human Tissue Models in Vitro in a Reproducible Manner
J. L. Gerardo-Nava, J. Jansen, D. Günther, L. Klasen, A. L. Thiebes, B. Niessing, C. Bergerbit, A. A. Meyer, J. Linkhorst, M. Barth, P. Akhyari, J. Stingl, S. Nagel, T. Stiehl, A. Lampert, R. Leube, M. Wessling, F. Santoro, S. Ingebrandt, S. Jockenhoevel, A. Herrmann, H. Fischer, W. Wagner, R. H. Schmitt, F. Kiessling, R. Kramann and L. De Laporte
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202301030 | Advanced Healthcare Materials | 2023 |