Meet the Team

Scientific Managing Director
Dr. Rachel Glaves
Universitätsstraße 150 | 44801 Bochum
Science Manager
Serena Orsi
Universitätsstraße 150 | 44801 Bochum

Scientific Board Members

  • Thermodynamics
Director and Scientific Board Member
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sadowski
Emil-Figge-Straße 70 | 44227 Dortmund

She heads the Laboratory for Thermodynamics in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University

Main Research Interests: Small molecule pharmaceutics, complex liquid systems, thermodynamics

Awards

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award of the German Research Foundation
  • Winner of the University Research Programme of AVEVA, UK
  •  Michael Michelsen Award of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering, Working Party
    Thermodynamics and Transport Properties

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  • Physical Chemistry
Co-Director and Scientific Board Member
Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith-Newen
Universitätsstraße 150 | 44801 Bochum

She heads the Department of Physical Chemistry II in the Faculty for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum

Main Research Interests: Terahertz spectroscopy, high-resolution infrared spectroscopy, solvation science

Awards

  • Lecturer on the Ninth Nevada Distinguished Physical Chemistry Lectures at the
    University of Nevada, Reno, USA
  • First Business Award Ruhr
  • Badge of honor from the city of Bochum (Ehrenplakette der Stadt Bochum)
  • Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst

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  • AMO Physics with Cold Molecules
Scientific Board Member
Prof. Dr. Edvardas Narevicius
Otto-Hahn-Str. 4a | 44227 Dortmund

Formerly of Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Joined the Research Center and the Department of Physics at the TU Dortmund University in August 2022

He heads the group „Ultracold Reactions“

Main Research Interests: Chemistry at ultra-low temperatures, quantum effects

Awards

  • ERC Consolidator Grant
  • ERC Advanced Grant
  • Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

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  • Theoretical Chemistry
Scientific Board Member
Prof. Dr. Jörg Behler
Gesundheitscampus Süd 25 | 44801 Bochum

Formerly of University of Göttingen, Germany

Joined the Research Center and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the RUB in November, 2022

He heads the department „Theoretical Chemistry II“

Main Research Interests: Atomistic simulation of complex chemical systems, machine learning potentials

Awards

  • Otto-Hahn Medal of the Max-Planck-Society
  • Hans G.A. Hellmann Award of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Theoretische Chemie
  • Emmy-Noether Programme
  • Heisenberg Professorship

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