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RESOLV receives funding for seven more years

WE ARE RESOLV

Over 200 scientists from about 50 research groups in 6 institutions

Summer School Solvation Science

We are happy to welcome young Solvation Scientists every year after Whitsun in Bochum

Diversity in Science Day

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

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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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Posted on 07/09/2021

Martha Godau and Florian Steinkamp received awards for their Facharbeiten. © RUB, Marquard

After the award ceremony (from left): Martha Godau, Prof. Dr. Katrin Sommer (Chair of Didactics of Chemistry, RUB), Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith-Newen (Speaker RESOLV, Chair of Physical Chemistry II, RUB), Prof. Dr. Lukas Gooßen (Subject Expert, Chair of Organic Chemistry I, RUB), Dr. Klaus Engel, Dr. Christian Strippel (Academic Councillor at the Alfried Krupp Student Laboratory, RUB), Florian Steinkamp, Prof. Dr. Ulf Eysel (Representative of the Gesellschaft der Freunde der RUB, Faculty of Medicine, RUB) and Tobias Schilling. © RUB, Marquard

Eleventh-graders conduct research on disinfectants

RESOLV awards prizes to Martha Godau and Florian Steinkamp for their Facharbeiten in the basic chemistry course.

On July 2, 2021, Martha Godau and Florian Steinkamp were awarded for their subject papers in the project "Solvation Science@School". The school project was initiated by the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV and took place under the motto "Solvation Science in Disinfection". Godau and Steinkamp wrote their papers in the eleventh grade basic chemistry course at the Schiller School in Bochum.

Eleventh-graders conduct research on disinfectants

RESOLV awards prizes to Martha Godau and Florian Steinkamp for their Facharbeiten in the basic chemistry course.

On July 2, 2021, Martha Godau and Florian Steinkamp were awarded for their subject papers in the project "Solvation Science@School". The school project was initiated by the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV and took place under the motto "Solvation Science in Disinfection". Godau and Steinkamp wrote their papers in the eleventh grade basic chemistry course at the Schiller School in Bochum.

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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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Eleventh-graders conduct research on disinfectants

RESOLV awards prizes to Martha Godau and Florian Steinkamp for their Facharbeiten in the basic chemistry course.

On July 2, 2021, Martha Godau and Florian Steinkamp were awarded for their subject papers in the project "Solvation Science@School". The school project was initiated by the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV and took place under the motto "Solvation Science in Disinfection". Godau and Steinkamp wrote their papers in the eleventh grade basic chemistry course at the Schiller School in Bochum.

summer school Solvation Science

RESOLV hosts an annual summer school at ZEMOS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. The school always takes place after Whitsun and is an integral part of the integrated Graduate School Solvation Science (iGSS) students' training during their doctoral studies. Scholarships for international students and PhD candidates are also available upon admission.

International speakers, suggested by a committee of iGSS students and RESOLV postdocs, are invited to give keynote talks on their research in the field of Solvation Science. In career-boosting workshops, school participants may meet industry professionals or fine-tune their personal skills. 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

D. L. Reinhard, A. Iniutina, S. Reese, T. Shaw, C. Merten, B. List, S. M. Huber, Asymmetric Counteranion-Directed Halogen Bonding Catalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 8107-8112 (2025). 10.1021/jacs.4c18378

S. Ghosh, C. K. Das, S. Uddin, S. T. Stripp, V. Engelbrecht, M. Winkler, S. Leimkuhler, C. Brocks, J. Duan, L. V. Schäfer, T. Happe, Protein Dynamics Affect O2-Stability of Group B [FeFe]-Hydrogenase from Thermosediminibacter oceani, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 147, 15170-15180 (2025). 10.1021/jacs.4c18483

S. S. Nalige, P. Galonska, P. Kelich, L. Sistemich, C. Herrmann, L. Vukovic, S. Kruss, M. Havenith, Fluorescence changes in carbon nanotube sensors correlate with THz absorption of hydration, Nat. Commun. 15, 6770 (2024). 10.1038/s41467-024-50968-9

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, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 120, e2216480120 (2023). 10.1073/pnas.2216480120

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, e202303882 (2023). 10.1002/anie.202303882

J. F. Goebel, J. Löffler, Z. Zeng, J. Handelmann, A. Hermann, I. Rodstein, T. Gensch, V. H. Gessner, L. J. Gooßen, Computer-Driven Development of Ylide Functionalized Phosphines for Palladium-Catalyzed Hiyama Couplings, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202216160 (2023). 10.1002/anie.202216160

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, 226001 (2022). 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.226001

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