SEASON'S GREETINGS

We did it again!

This has been a very successful year for the RESOLV team.

Thank you all for your continued support and numerous contributions.

Looking forward to the start of a new era in 2026.

We wish you all the best and a successful new year!

WE ARE RESOLV

Over 200 scientists from about 50 research groups in 6 institutions

New Opportunity for Early Career Researchers

Read more about our new joint group leader position with MPI for Sustainable Materials in the field of “Spectroscopy at electrochemical interfaces”

Day of Science

Building Strong Networks

Diversity in Science Day

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

Summer School Solvation Science

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

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.

CALEDO: New Research Building for Solvation Science @TUD

Center for Advanced Liquid-Phase Engineering providing space for over 100 scientists.

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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Martina Havenith-Newen, Speaker of the Cluster of Excellence Resolv © RUB, Marquard

RESOLV speaker appointed member of the Academia Europaea

Only a small number of highly respected researchers receive this honour.

The Bochum-based chemist Prof Dr Martina Havenith-Newen is delighted by the new recognition: She has been appointed as member of the Academia Europaea.

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RESOLV speaker appointed member of the Academia Europaea

Only a small number of highly respected researchers receive this honour.

The Bochum-based chemist Prof Dr Martina Havenith-Newen is delighted by the new recognition: She has been appointed as member of the Academia Europaea.

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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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RESOLV speaker appointed member of the Academia Europaea

Only a small number of highly respected researchers receive this honour.

The Bochum-based chemist Prof Dr Martina Havenith-Newen is delighted by the new recognition: She has been appointed as member of the Academia Europaea.

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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