Volkmar is currently Associate Professor in Hematology and Oncology at the Tumor Center, Munich. He has experience in early drug development with biological agents eg in anticancer vaccines, antisense therapy, antibody therapy, anti-angiogenesis therapy, signal transduction inhibitors and gene therapy. Volkmar is coordinator of the Tumor Center, Munich. Among his roles in this function, he has initiated a cancer patient forum in collaboration with the Bavarian Cancer Society. Over the last eight years he has established and organized the international congress "Biological Therapy in Cancer" in Munich. Additionally, he is a reviewer for more than 5 international scientific journals.



