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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Indirect 3D Printed Electrode Mixers
J. S. Hereijgers, J.; Lolsberg, J.; Wessling, M.; Breugelmans, T.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/celc.201801436 | Chemelectrochem | 2019 | |
Laserless Additive Manufacturing of Membrane Electrode Assemblies
J. Linkhorst, K. Percin, S. Kriescher and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/celc.201700459 | Chemelectrochem | 2017 | |
Microtubular Gas Diffusion Electrode Based on Ruthenium-Carbon Nanotubes for Ambient Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia
X. Wei, D. Vogel, L. Keller, S. Kriescher and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202001370 | ChemElectroChem | 2020 | |
On the Resistances of a Slurry Electrode Vanadium Redox Flow Battery
K. Percin, B. van der Zee and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202000242 | ChemElectroChem | 2020 | |
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 | |
Wet-Spun PEDOT/CNT Composite Hollow Fibers as Flexible Electrodes for H2O2 Production**
Q. Cui, D. J. Bell, S. Wang, M. Mohseni, D. Felder, J. Lölsberg and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202100237 | ChemElectroChem | 2021 | |
Homogeneous Catalyst Recycling and Separation of a Multicomponent Mixture Using Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
J. K. Schnoor, M. Fuchs, A. Böcking, M. Wessling and M. A. Liauw
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201900110 | Chemical Engineering and Technology | 2019 | |
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 | |
A Continuous Flow Reactor for Tubular Gas Diffusion Electrodes
N. Weber, M. Möntmann, M. Wessling and R. Keller
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.150031 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2024 | |
Beyond the catalyst: How electrode and reactor design determine the product spectrum during electrochemical CO2 reduction
J. B. S. Vennekoetter, R.; Wessling, M.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.01.045 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2019 | |
Carbon nanotube silica composite hollow fibers impregnated with polyethylenimine for CO2 capture
L. O. Keller, B.; Abduly, L.; Wessling, M.
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.100 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2019 | |
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 |