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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Temperature Enhanced Backwash
B. M. Aumeier, S. Yuce and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.05.007 | Water Research | 2018 | |
Templating the morphology of soft microgel assemblies using a nanolithographic 3D-printed membrane
J. Linkhorst, J. Lölsberg, S. Thill, J. Lohaus, A. Lüken, G. Naegele and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80324-y | Scientific Reports | 2021 | |
The electrolyte matters: Stable systems for high rate electrochemical CO<inf>2</inf> reduction
J. B. Vennekötter, T. Scheuermann, R. Sengpiel and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcou.2019.04.007 | Journal of CO2 Utilization | 2019 | |
The hydrothermal solution for self-sustaining drinking water purification at point of use
B. M. Aumeier, H. Graul, A.-K. Müller, C. Lackmann, R. Wünsch, T. Wintgens, H. Hollert and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115338 | Water Research | 2019 | |
Three-Dimensional Membranes for Artificial Lungs: Comparison of Flow-Induced Hemolysis
F. Hesselmann, D. Arnemann, P. Bongartz, M. Wessling, C. Cornelissen, T. Schmitz-Rode, U. Steinseifer, S. V. Jansen and J. Arens
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https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14081 | Artificial Organs | 2021 | |
Titanium-Based Static Mixer Electrodes to Improve the Current Density of Slurry Electrodes**
K. Percin, J. Hereijgers, N. Mulandi, T. Breugelmans and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200928 | ChemElectroChem | 2023 | |
Tollens Reaction-Based Integration of Thin Film Wall Electrodes into Microfluidic PDMS Devices
G. Linz, S. B. Rauer, L. Stüwe, D. J. Bell, M. Rausch and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202100250 | Advanced Materials Technologies | 2021 | |
Toward Decentralized Wastewater Treatment: A Flow-through Module Using Microtubular Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Micropollutants Removal
M. Mohseni, D. Felder, K. Percin, M. Thönes, M. Gassenmeier, R. Kupec, C. Weidlich, J. Linkhorst, R. G. Keller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131987 | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2023 | |
Toward the Next Generation of Neural Iontronic Interfaces
C. Forró, S. Musall, V. R. Montes, J. Linkhorst, P. Walter, M. Wessling, A. Offenhäusser, S. Ingebrandt, Y. Weber, A. Lampert and F. Santoro
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https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202301055 | Advanced Healthcare Materials | 2023 | |
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 | |
Towards Pilot Scale Flow-Electrode Capacitive Deionization
N. Köller, L. Mankertz, S. Finger, C. J. Linnartz and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.117096 | Desalination | 2023 | |
Towards synergistic oscillations in enzymatically active hydrogel spheres
D. J. Bell, D. Felder, W. G. von Westarp and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SM01548B | Soft Matter | 2020 |