[1] After attending school Volker Rhoemheld studied chemical engineering at the Ohm Polytechnic in Nuremberg, followed by an appointment in the pharmaceutical firm Dr. R. Pfleger Chemie in Bamberg (1960-1964).
He then absolved an apprenticeship in gardening in Kassel (assistant’s examination 1966) and went on to study horticulture at Technische Universität Berlin (1966-1970).
He won a stipendium from the German National Academy and visited Leeds University to work in the Institute of Botany under Prof. H.W.
After his return in 1972 he became a Scientific Assistant at the Institute for Plant Nutrition at the Technische Universität Berlin, continued his research and obtained a Dr. sc.
[2] Function, uptake and fertilization of micronutrients, genotypical differences in nutrient preference (in particular P and micronutrients); significance of Bioeffectors and rhizosphere processes on nutrient preference and plant health; plant nutrition in ecological agriculture; plant nutrition in the tropics and sub-tropics; ecological aspects of fertilization (nitrogen, heavy metals); phytoremediation; recycling of agricultural and industrial waste products; scientific cooperations with England, Hungary, Israel, USA, Canada, Japan, China, Brasil, Thailand and New Zealand.