Volker is a professor in the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Tübingen, Germany. His research interests are: Olefin-Metal-π-Complexes; complexation chromatography; homogeneous catalysis on soluble polymers; asymmetric epoxidation; stereochemical analysis of flavours; pheromones; drugs and inhalation anaesthetics; unified enantio-selective chromatography; cyclodextrins.