Volker Rupertus, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. SCHOTT

Volker Rupertus is active as Senior Principal Expert at the Business Unit Pharmaceutical Systems of the SCHOTT AG, Mainz, Germany.

He began his industrial career in 1995 joining the R&D department of SCHOTT. From 2000 to 2010 he headed the R&D-division “Process Development & Characterization” serving all Business Units of SCHOTT.

In 2010, he joined the Pharmaceutical Systems business unit as head of global quality. Rupertus, who graduated from the University of Kaiserslautern with a degree in technical physics and a PhD in glass surface science, frequently gives lectures in materials analysis and was made a honorary professor by the Technical University of Clausthal.