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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Corrosion of metal electrodes in deep eutectic solvents
D. Di Marino, M. Shalaby, S. Kriescher and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2018.04.011 | Electrochemistry Communications | 2018 | |
Continuous hyperpolarization with parahydrogen in a membrane reactor
S. Lehmkuhl, M. Wiese, L. Schubert, M. Held, M. Kuppers, M. Wessling and B. Blumich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2018.03.012 | Journal of Magnetic Resonance | 2018 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 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 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 | |
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 | |
Towards a Biohybrid Lung: Endothelial Cells Promote Oxygen Transfer through Gas Permeable Membranes
S. Menzel, N. Finocchiaro, C. Donay, A. L. Thiebes, F. Hesselmann, J. Arens, S. Djeljadini, M. Wessling, T. Schmitz-Rode, S. Jockenhoevel and C. G. Cornelissen
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https://www.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5258196 | Biomed Research International | 2017 | |
Sinusoidal shaped hollow fibers for enhanced mass transfer
T. L. M. T. H. B. M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.03.030 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2017 | |
Modeling heat and mass transfer in cross-counterflow enthalpy exchangers
S. Koester, M. Falkenberg, M. Logemann and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.10.030 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2017 |