Early Career

2021 ECR group leaders, from left to right: Exner, Kreidt, Wiesenfeldt, Vila Verde, Rabe, Stein (until 2022), Kasanmascheff (until 2022).
Supporting Early Career Researchers at all stages of their careers is one of the major goals of RESOLV!
The ECRs consist of ECR group leaders (e.g. Junior Professors, Emmy Noether group leaders), postdocs and Ph.D. students working within RESOLV.
Early career research group leaders do not stand in the shadow of tenured researchers at RUB but work independently with equal rights. They have access to the full infrastructure and financial means provided by RESOLV and also to the core facilities of the Research Department Interfacial Systems Chemistry (RD IFSC). RESOLV not only supports them scientifically but in many other respects, for example by providing a budget for career coaching and soft skill courses on advanced leadership skills, time, and finance management, to name but a few.
ECR BOARD
The ECR Board is elected annually in the ECR General Assembly. The ECR Board meets four times a year to discuss and organize the RESOLV ECR activities.

ECR GROUP LEADERS
Currently, the following group leaders are ECR members:
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Dr. André K. Eckhardt Ruhr-Universität Bochum Organische Chemie II ![]() |
Prof. Dr. Kai Exner Universität Duisburg-Essen Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry ![]() |
Dr. Elisabeth Kreidt TU Dortmund Inorganic Chemistry ![]() |
Dr. Martin Rabe Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH Düsseldorf Interface Chemistry and Surface Technology ![]() |
Dr. Ana Vila Verde University of Duisburg-Essen Faculty of Physics ![]() |
Dr. Mario Wiesenfeldt Ruhr-Universität Bochum Nachwuchsgruppe Catalysis ![]() |
New ECR groups established within RESOLV:
Person |
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Dr. Matthias Heyden Arizona State University (ECR @MPI-K 2013-2017) ![]() |
Prof. Dr. Christian Merten Ruhr-Universität Bochum Organic Chemistry II (ECR @RUB 2013-2020) ![]() |
Dr. Martin Rabe Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH Düsseldorf Interface Chemistry and Surface Technology (ECR @MPI-E since 2020) ![]() |
Dr. Ana Vila Verde University of Duisburg-Essen Faculty of Physics (ECR @UDE since 2020) ![]() |
Dr. Mario Wiesenfeldt Ruhr-Universität Bochum Nachwuchsgruppe Catalysis (ECR @RUB/MPIK since 2021) ![]() |