International Faculty

RESOLV has established the International Faculty (IF) Solvation Science, a worldwide network of leading research institutions reaching from the US to Europe and Asia, whose aim is to foster long-term scientific collaboration. To promote the exchange of knowledge, people, and ideas between scientists in the field of Solvation Science at all career levels is a strategic key element.

Selected IF publications

G. A. Virgen, S. Skoko, A. M. Stingel, T. Goswami, R. L. Cole, D. C. Crans, P. B. Petersen, A. Vila Verde, N. E. Levinger, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 123, e2518988123 (2026), 10.1073/pnas.2518988123

W. Chen, M. GruebeleM. Havenith, K. J. Hebel, C. Scaletti, Water-mediated Hydrogen Bonds and Local Side Chain Interactions in the Cooperative Collapse and Expansion of PNIPAM Oligomers, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 123, e2523755123 (2026), 10.1073/pnas.2523755123

J. Duan, A. Rutz, A. Kawamoto, S. Naskar, K. Edenharter, S. Leimkuehler, E. Hofmann, T. Happe, G. Kurisu, Structural determinants of oxygen resistance and Zn2+-mediated stability of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase from Clostridium beijerinckii, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122, e2416233122 (2025). 10.1073/pnas.2416233122

M. Nolten, K. T. Xia, S. Pezzoti, G. Schwaab, R. G. Bergman, K. N. Raymond, F. D. Toste, T. Head-Gordon, W. -L. Li, M. Havenith, Tuning the free energy of host-guest encapsulation by cosolvent, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 3727-3733 (2025). 10.1039/d5cp00661a

S. Manna, F. Papp, Y. Hisata, J. Loeffler, M. Rybka, V. Gessner, Y. Hoshimoto, L .J. Gooßen, Palladium-Catalyzed γ-Arylation of Acylketene Synthons with Aryl Chlorides Enabled by Ylide-Functionalized Phosphines (YPhos), Adv. Synth. Catal. 366, 1107-1112 (2024). 10.1002/adsc.202301474

M. Koga, D. Kang, Z. N. Heim, B. A. Erckson, N. Haldar, N. Baradaran, M. Havenith, D. M. Neumark, Extreme Ultraviolet Time-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Adenine, Adenosine and Adenosine Monophosphate in a Liquid Flat Jet, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 26, 13106-13117 (2024). 10.1039/D4CP00856A

D. Schick, Q. Chen, L. Hellfajer, A. Strangmann, P. Figiel, J. P. M. Trusler, G. Sadowski, C. Held, Influence of Solvents and Salts on CO2 Solubility and the Impact on an Esterification Reaction, J. Chem. Eng. Data 69, 560-572 (2024). 10.1021/acs.jced.3c00178

C. Penschke, J. Thomas, C. Bertram, A. Michaelides, K. Morgenstern, P. Saalfrank, U. Bovensiepen, Hydration at highly crowded interfaces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 106202 (2023). 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.106202

J. H. Marks, J. Wang, N. F. Kleimeier, A. M. Turner, A. K. Eckhardt, R. I. Kaiser, Prebiotic Synthesis and Isomerization in Interstellar Analog Ice: Glycinal, Acetamide, and Their Enol Tautomers, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202218645 (2023). 10.1002/ange.202218645

H. Moon, R. P. Collanton, J. I. Monroe, T. M. Casey, M. Scott Shell, S. Han, S. L. Scott, Evidence for Entropically Controlled Interfacial Hydration in Mesoporous Organosilicas, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 1766-1777 (2022). 10.1021/jacs.1c11342

S. R. Alfarano, S. Pezzotti, C. J. Stein, Z. Lin, F. Sebastiani, S. Funke, C. Hoberg, I. Kolling, C. Yu Ma, K. Mauelshagen, T. Ockelmann, G. Schwaab, L. Fu, J.-B. Brubach, P. Roy, M. Head-Gordon, K. Tschulik, M.-P. Gaigeot, M. Havenith,
Stripping away ion hydration shells in electrical double-layer formation: Water networks matter, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 118, e2108568118 (2021). 10.1073/pnas.2108568118

E. M. Adams, S. Pezzotti, J. Ahlers, M. Ruettermann, M. Levin, A. Goldenzweig, Y. Peleg, S. J. Fleishman, I. Sagi, M. Havenith, Local Mutations Can Serve as a Game Changer for Global Protein Solvent Interaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. Au 1, 1076-1085, (2021). 10.1021/jacsau.1c00155