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CECAM Flagship Workshop

New Years Reception

New Years Reception

RESOLV celebrates the New Year's Reception

A Warm Welcome

A Warm Welcome

Our new members will further enhance the excellence science in the ruhr area!

WE ARE RESOLV

WE ARE RESOLV

Over 200 scientists from about 50 research groups in 6 institutions

Opportunitites for Researchers at Risk

Opportunitites for Researchers at Risk

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

RUHR EXPLORES 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

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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Greetings from the participants of the Summer School Solvation Science 2022!
One Highlight: The award ceremony of the Solvation Science Student Challenge.
Students and experts are in close dialogue.
20 international students have made their way to Bochum.
Get-together and networking in the ZEMOS building.

Summer School Solvation Science 2022

From 7 to 10 June 2022, the Solvation Science Summer School took place in Bochum. For the first time after 2 years, about 100 participants met in person to discuss news in Solvation Science and to learn new skills - from spectroscopy to Intercultural competence.

 

Every year in the week after Pentecost, prospective solvation scientists from all over the world meet to exchange news about their discipline. The Summer School of the integrated Graduate School Solvation Science brings together all those who want to learn something new on the field of solvation over 4 days.

In 2022, the Summer School could take place in person for the first time since 2019. About 100 PhD students came to Bochum for this. Among them are 20 international students who were able to obtain funding for participation in advance. Among them was Jon Fritz from Ohio State University, USA:

"I loved learning a new spectroscopy technique (THz tim-domain spec.) and it was insightful to learn from international scientists in the lab why they chose Germany and RUB for their PhD or post-doc. I anticipate the connections made through the summer school will lead to a post-doc or even more permanent positions."

The programme is diverse. The first two days were spent mainly in the lecture hall with interesting lectures on Catalysis at Charged Interfaces, Biomolecule Solvation, Interface Solvation and Solvation under Confinement and Molecular/Biology Systems under Extreme Conditions. For the morning of the third day, the participants could choose between different workshops. Various soft skills from "Intercultural competence" to "Team work & leadership in academia" could be developed. In the afternoon, the focus was on the topic of careers. Invited guests from the industry talked about their carrerpaths, their daily work and answered the participants' questions. The last day was dedicated to the motto: Hands-on! Depending on their interests and goals, the participants could choose from 18 full-day hands-on sessions. There they could learn new lab or computational techniques directly from the scientists of the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV. In small groups, they were able to gain insights into the working methods and take new skills home with them.

Kriti Alam from Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur India, states:

"My experience with the Summer School organised by RESOLV was great. Starting from the first two sessions, the talks on the different aspects of biophyics and biomolecules using experimental and theoretical tools were very exciting. Also the sessions like Stage Fright was very good in dealing with emotions and fears during events. For my Hands-Onn, I went with Quantum Chemistry where I dealt with the calculating the pKa of a molecule using TURBOMOL. The session was explained nicely and I had a very nice experience with overall interactive session. So the overall experience with the Summer School was amazing with good interactions and great talks."

Another highlight of the event was the award ceremony for the Solvation Science Student Challenge. Lisa Hetzel from Universität Duisburg-Essen won the challenge on the topic: How solvent molecules influence the selectivity of a reaction? In her submitted work she discusses the approach of training an artificial intelligence for the calculation of the transmission coefficents. Her work was honoured with a prize money of 2000€. About her experience with the challenge, Lisa Hetzel sums up:

I discovered this challenge almost by coincidence while I was scrolling through science twitter to search for interesting research. Even though it was a quite challenging problem to me I enjoyed it a lot to work on a real research issue as a undergrad student and it made me learn a lot about solvation science. I am very happy that I even won the award and was given the chance to present and discuss my work at the Summer School!'

We are happy about the successful summer school and start planning for next year!
More information about our annual summer school can be found here

Posted on
Greetings from the participants of the Summer School Solvation Science 2022!
One Highlight: The award ceremony of the Solvation Science Student Challenge.
Students and experts are in close dialogue.
20 international students have made their way to Bochum.
Get-together and networking in the ZEMOS building.

Summer School Solvation Science 2022

From 7 to 10 June 2022, the Solvation Science Summer School took place in Bochum. For the first time after 2 years, about 100 participants met in person to discuss news in Solvation Science and to learn new skills - from spectroscopy to Intercultural competence.

 

Every year in the week after Pentecost, prospective solvation scientists from all over the world meet to exchange news about their discipline. The Summer School of the integrated Graduate School Solvation Science brings together all those who want to learn something new on the field of solvation over 4 days.

In 2022, the Summer School could take place in person for the first time since 2019. About 100 PhD students came to Bochum for this. Among them are 20 international students who were able to obtain funding for participation in advance. Among them was Jon Fritz from Ohio State University, USA:

"I loved learning a new spectroscopy technique (THz tim-domain spec.) and it was insightful to learn from international scientists in the lab why they chose Germany and RUB for their PhD or post-doc. I anticipate the connections made through the summer school will lead to a post-doc or even more permanent positions."

The programme is diverse. The first two days were spent mainly in the lecture hall with interesting lectures on Catalysis at Charged Interfaces, Biomolecule Solvation, Interface Solvation and Solvation under Confinement and Molecular/Biology Systems under Extreme Conditions. For the morning of the third day, the participants could choose between different workshops. Various soft skills from "Intercultural competence" to "Team work & leadership in academia" could be developed. In the afternoon, the focus was on the topic of careers. Invited guests from the industry talked about their carrerpaths, their daily work and answered the participants' questions. The last day was dedicated to the motto: Hands-on! Depending on their interests and goals, the participants could choose from 18 full-day hands-on sessions. There they could learn new lab or computational techniques directly from the scientists of the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV. In small groups, they were able to gain insights into the working methods and take new skills home with them.

Kriti Alam from Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur India, states:

"My experience with the Summer School organised by RESOLV was great. Starting from the first two sessions, the talks on the different aspects of biophyics and biomolecules using experimental and theoretical tools were very exciting. Also the sessions like Stage Fright was very good in dealing with emotions and fears during events. For my Hands-Onn, I went with Quantum Chemistry where I dealt with the calculating the pKa of a molecule using TURBOMOL. The session was explained nicely and I had a very nice experience with overall interactive session. So the overall experience with the Summer School was amazing with good interactions and great talks."

Another highlight of the event was the award ceremony for the Solvation Science Student Challenge. Lisa Hetzel from Universität Duisburg-Essen won the challenge on the topic: How solvent molecules influence the selectivity of a reaction? In her submitted work she discusses the approach of training an artificial intelligence for the calculation of the transmission coefficents. Her work was honoured with a prize money of 2000€. About her experience with the challenge, Lisa Hetzel sums up:

I discovered this challenge almost by coincidence while I was scrolling through science twitter to search for interesting research. Even though it was a quite challenging problem to me I enjoyed it a lot to work on a real research issue as a undergrad student and it made me learn a lot about solvation science. I am very happy that I even won the award and was given the chance to present and discuss my work at the Summer School!'

We are happy about the successful summer school and start planning for next year!
More information about our annual summer school can be found here

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Research Area I

Local Solvent Fluctuations in Heterogeneous Systems

 

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Research Area II

Solvent Control of Chemical Dynamics and Reactivity

 

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Research Area III

Solvation under Extreme Conditions

 

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Video: The solvent of life

Water. It’s the most abundant substance on Earth´s surface and in our bodies. But is water a passive spectator in the animated scene of bio-chemical reactions inside our cells? RESOLV scientists investigate the important role that water plays in the most diverse processes, bringing solvation science into the spotlight.

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Greetings from the participants of the Summer School Solvation Science 2022!
One Highlight: The award ceremony of the Solvation Science Student Challenge.
Students and experts are in close dialogue.
20 international students have made their way to Bochum.
Get-together and networking in the ZEMOS building.

Summer School Solvation Science 2022

From 7 to 10 June 2022, the Solvation Science Summer School took place in Bochum. For the first time after 2 years, about 100 participants met in person to discuss news in Solvation Science and to learn new skills - from spectroscopy to Intercultural competence.

 

Every year in the week after Pentecost, prospective solvation scientists from all over the world meet to exchange news about their discipline. The Summer School of the integrated Graduate School Solvation Science brings together all those who want to learn something new on the field of solvation over 4 days.

In 2022, the Summer School could take place in person for the first time since 2019. About 100 PhD students came to Bochum for this. Among them are 20 international students who were able to obtain funding for participation in advance. Among them was Jon Fritz from Ohio State University, USA:

"I loved learning a new spectroscopy technique (THz tim-domain spec.) and it was insightful to learn from international scientists in the lab why they chose Germany and RUB for their PhD or post-doc. I anticipate the connections made through the summer school will lead to a post-doc or even more permanent positions."

The programme is diverse. The first two days were spent mainly in the lecture hall with interesting lectures on Catalysis at Charged Interfaces, Biomolecule Solvation, Interface Solvation and Solvation under Confinement and Molecular/Biology Systems under Extreme Conditions. For the morning of the third day, the participants could choose between different workshops. Various soft skills from "Intercultural competence" to "Team work & leadership in academia" could be developed. In the afternoon, the focus was on the topic of careers. Invited guests from the industry talked about their carrerpaths, their daily work and answered the participants' questions. The last day was dedicated to the motto: Hands-on! Depending on their interests and goals, the participants could choose from 18 full-day hands-on sessions. There they could learn new lab or computational techniques directly from the scientists of the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV. In small groups, they were able to gain insights into the working methods and take new skills home with them.

Kriti Alam from Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur India, states:

"My experience with the Summer School organised by RESOLV was great. Starting from the first two sessions, the talks on the different aspects of biophyics and biomolecules using experimental and theoretical tools were very exciting. Also the sessions like Stage Fright was very good in dealing with emotions and fears during events. For my Hands-Onn, I went with Quantum Chemistry where I dealt with the calculating the pKa of a molecule using TURBOMOL. The session was explained nicely and I had a very nice experience with overall interactive session. So the overall experience with the Summer School was amazing with good interactions and great talks."

Another highlight of the event was the award ceremony for the Solvation Science Student Challenge. Lisa Hetzel from Universität Duisburg-Essen won the challenge on the topic: How solvent molecules influence the selectivity of a reaction? In her submitted work she discusses the approach of training an artificial intelligence for the calculation of the transmission coefficents. Her work was honoured with a prize money of 2000€. About her experience with the challenge, Lisa Hetzel sums up:

I discovered this challenge almost by coincidence while I was scrolling through science twitter to search for interesting research. Even though it was a quite challenging problem to me I enjoyed it a lot to work on a real research issue as a undergrad student and it made me learn a lot about solvation science. I am very happy that I even won the award and was given the chance to present and discuss my work at the Summer School!'

We are happy about the successful summer school and start planning for next year!
More information about our annual summer school can be found here

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 tenthSummer School Solvation Science will take place from Tuesday 21th 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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