WE ARE RESOLV

Over 200 scientists from about 50 research groups in 6 institutions

Summer School Solvation Science 2025

We are happy to welcome young Solvation Scientists from June 10th - 13th, 2025, in Bochum

Diversity in Science Day 2025

Equity and diversity as a source of strength, fundamental to innovative ideas, and a prerequisite for excellence in science

Day of Science 2024

Building Strong Networks

Opportunities for Researchers at Risk

We offer 6-month stipends for Ukranian and Iranian Researchers in the field of Solvation Science!

RUHR EXPLORES SOLVATION SCIENCE

We shape a new scientific discipline, inspire the scientists of tomorrow, and enable future technologies

ZEMOS: Home of Solvation Science @RUB

The first research building for Solvation Science in the world. Hosts over 100 scientists and is home to 6 disciplines.

WHAT is RESOLV?

The Cluster of Excellence RESOLV is an interdisciplinary research project of the Ruhr University Bochum and the TU Dortmund University, as well as four other institutions in the German Ruhr area. Since 2012, about 200 scientists cooperate to clarify how the solvent is involved in the control, mediation and regulation of chemical reactions. Our research is essential to advance technologies that could reuse CO₂ for chemicals production, increase the efficiency of energy conversion and storage and develop smart sensors. RESOLV is funded by the German Federal Government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 42 Mio. EUR over the period 2019-2025.

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RESOLV pioneered Solvation Science as an interdisciplinary research field. It has transformed its host universities into excellent research ecosystems and embedded researchers at all stages of their careers in an international network of scientists.

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Terahertz calorimetry spotlights the role of water in biological processes

15.05.2025

Publication included in Hot Topics of ChemCatChem

14.05.2025

Heat- and Oxygen-Stable Biocatalyst for Hydrogen Production

09.05.2025

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Cluster of Excellence RESOLV

Our scientific fields

Research Area I

Local Solvent Fluctuations in Heterogeneous Systems

Research Area II

Solvent Control of Chemical Dynamics and Reactivity

Research Area III

Solvation under Extreme Conditions

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09

Jun 2025

Diversity,
Early Career

Onboarding Event for international students 2025

Date: 09.06.2025

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05

Jul 2025

Workshop

Summer Optica Summit

Date: 05.07.2025

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14

Jul 2025

Outreach

Summer Camp 2025

Date: 14.07.2025

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igss summer school

The integrated Graduate School Solvation Science hosts an annual Summer School at the Ruhr University Bochum. The school always takes place during Whitsuntide and is an integral part of the GSS students' training during their doctoral studies.

The tenth Summer School Solvation Science took place from Tuesday 21st to Friday 24th of May 2024 in Bochum.

International speakers, suggested by a committee of iGSS students, are invited to give keynote talks on their research in the field of Solvation Science. The Advanced Laboratory Modules give the students an excellent opportunity to learn new and interesting experimental and theoretical techniques within a specific research topic of their own choice.

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Publication highlights

Y. Cao, J. Mieres-Perez, J. F. Rowen, E. Sanchez-Garcia, W. Sander, K. Morgenstern
Chirality control of a single carbene molecule by tip-induced van der Waals interactions, Nature Communications 14 (2023),4500, DOI: 1038/s41467-023-39870-y

T. van Lingen, V. Bragoni, M. Dyga, B. Exner, L. Goossen, D. Schick, C. Held, G. Sadowski
Carboxylation of Acetylene without Salt Waste: Green Synthesis of C4 Chemicals Enabled by a CO2-Pressure Induced Acidity Switch, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62 (2023), e202303882, DOI 10.1002/anie.202303882

F. Novelli, K. Chen, A. Buchmann, T. Ockelmann, C. Hoberg, T. Head-Gordon, M. Havenith
The birth and evolution of solvated electrons in the water, PNAS 120 (2023), e2216480120, DOI:10.1073/pnas.2216480120

J. Daru, H. Forbert, J. Behler, D. Marx
Coupled Cluster Molecular Dynamics of Condensed Phase Systems Enabled by Machine Learning Potentials: Liquid Water Benchmark, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129 (2022), 226001, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.226001

J. Duan, A. Hemschemeier, D. J. Burr, S. T. Stripp, E. Hofmann, T. Happe
Cyanide binding to [FeFe]-hydrogenase stabilizes the alternative configuration of the proton transfer pathway, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 64 (2022),e202216903, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216903

T. Schleif, M.P. Merini, S. Henkel, W. Sander,
Solvation Effects on Quantum Tunneling Reactions, Acc. Chem. Res 55 (2022), 2180–2190, DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00151

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