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.
Resume
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
Publications
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Energy Recovery and Process Design in Continuous Flow Electrode Capacitive Deionization Processes
A. Rommerskirchen, C. J. Linnartz, D. Muller, L. K. Willenberg and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02466 | Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering | 2018 | |
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Feed flow patterns of combined Rayleigh-Benard convection and membrane permeation
T. Lohaus, N. Herkenhoff, R. Shankar and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.11.061 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 | |
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Flow and filtration imaging of single use sterile membrane filters
M. Wiese, C. Malkomes, B. Krause and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.002 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 | |
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Fouling mitigation in tubular membranes by 3D-printed turbulence promoters
S. Armbruster, O. Cheong, J. Lolsberg, S. Popovic, S. Yuce and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.015 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 | |
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From Batch to Continuous Precipitation Polymerization of Thermoresponsive Microgels
H. J. M. Wolff, M. Kather, H. Breisig, W. Richtering, A. Pich and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b06920 | Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2018 | |
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High capacity polyethylenimine impregnated microtubes made of carbon nanotubes for CO2 capture
L. Keller, B. Ohs, J. Lenhart, L. Abduly, P. Blanke and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2017.10.023 | Carbon | 2018 | |
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High-Pressure CO2 Sorption in Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity under Ultrathin Film Confinement
W. Ogieglo, B. Ghanem, X. H. Ma, M. Wessling and I. Pinnau
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b01402 | Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2018 | |
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Human Co- and Triple-Culture Model of the Alveolar-Capillary Barrier on a Basement Membrane Mimic
E. Dohle, S. Singh, A. Nishigushi, T. Fischer, M. Wessling, M. Moller, R. Sader, J. Kasper, S. Ghanaati and C. J. Kirkpatrick
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https://www.doi.org/10.1089/ten.tec.2018.0087 | Tissue Engineering Part C-Methods | 2018 | |
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In-situ non-invasive imaging of liquid-immersed thin film composite membranes
W. Ogieglo, I. Pinnau and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.10.027 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 | |
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Membrane based direct pH parametric pumping
L. Peters, G. Linz and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.056 | Journal of Membrane Science | 2018 |