Manfred Wagner studied chemistry at the University of Mainz. He  received his Diploma in 1988 in the group of Prof. Dr. K. Müllen. In  1993, he obtained his Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer  Research for his work on the synthesis of band structures and their  physical properties.  Since 1988, he has been head of the High-Resolution NMR Spectroscopy  Service Group. His research interests include the clarification of  small molecules and polymeric structures with multi-dimensional NMR  methods.  His current research activities concentrate on 1) the use of gradient- field NMR to study the diffusional behavior of oligomers and polymers  in solution, 2) heteronuclear NMR investigations like 31P, 19F, 29Si, 11B etc.  measurements  to understand the microstructures of copolymers  and 3) the LC- NMR for the compositional dependence of copolymers as a  function of molecular weight.