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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Coupled Optical-Electric Monitoring of Charge Percolation Events in Carbon Flow-Electrodes
M. C. Padligur, C. J. Linnartz, S. Zimmer, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.148749 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2024 | |
Droplet-based liquid-liquid extraction inside a porous capillary
H. Breisig, M. Schmidt, H. Wolff, A. Jupke and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.08.024 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2017 | |
Electrical swing adsorption on functionalized hollow fibers
L. Keller, T. Lohaus, L. Abduly, G. Hadler and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.04.029 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2019 | |
On the Operation of Switchable Oxygen Depolarized Cathodes
K. Baitalow, N. Köller, P. Bacmeister, R. Keller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143759 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2023 | |
On the Weeping of the Gde Cathode During Bipolar Membrane-Based Electrochemical Co2 Reduction Reaction at High Current Densities
M. Wrobel, S. Kriescher, T. Schiffer, R. Keller and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.145335 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2023 | |
Online monitoring of transient L/L phase separation using locally resolved impedance measurements
A. Bednarz, M. Schmidt, S. Bannwarth, M. Wessling and A. Jupke
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2016.09.027 | Chemical Engineering Research & Design | 2016 | |
Modeling of Tubular Membrane Contactors for Ozonation of Water Reveals Reduced Bromate Formation with Static Mixers
S. Herrmann, M. C. Padligur, C. J. Bieneck and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2024.119924 | Chemical Engineering Science | 2024 | |
Additive Manufacturing in Fluid Process Engineering
T. Femmer, I. Flack and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201500086 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2016 | |
Co-generation of Ammonia and H-2 from H2O Vapor and N-2 Using a Membrane Electrode Assembly
K. Kugler, S. M. A. Kriescher, M. Giela, S. Hosseiny, K. Thimm and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201900090 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2019 | |
Direktes Herstellungsverfahren von Komposit-Hohlfasermembranen mit sinusförmiger Geometrie
H. Roth, M. Alders, T. Luelf, S. Emonds, M. Tepper and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cite.201900032 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2019 | |
Mikrogel‐Kompositmembranen mit schaltbarer Permeabilität
M. Barth, M. Wiese, D. Go, W. Ogieglo, A. Kühne and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.201650453 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2016 | |
Polymeric Membranes With Sufficient Thermo-Mechanical Stability to Deploy Temperature Enhanced Backwash
B. M. Aumeier, F. Vollmer, S. Lenfers, S. Yüce and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202100020 | Chemie Ingenieur Technik | 2021 |