Awards:
1991-1993 Graduate scholarship of the Gerhard Mercator Universität-GH-Duisburg
1991 “Hochschulabsolventenpreis” of the Gerhard Mercator Universität-GH-Duisburg for the best diploma thesis of the year
1994 “Studienabschlußstipendium”; Fonds of the German Chemical Industry for a fast chemistry study
1993-1995 Scholarship of the Scientific & Engineering Research Council / England
2000 “Dr. Hermann Schnell Award” of the Dr. Hermann Schnell foundation / German Chemical Society
2001 Travel award of the “Macromolecular Chemistry Division” of the German Chemical Society
2006 Steinhofer lecture, Freiburg
2011 Listed in the Thomson Reuters list of top 100 chemists worldwide for the years 2000 – 2010
2013 Academy Award of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2014 Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists of the Chinese Academy of Science
2014 ECIS Solvay Award of the European Colloid and Interface Society
2014 LUKS Teaching Award, University of Konstanz
2017 CAS President's International Fellowship for Visiting Scientists (Chinese Academy of Science)
2019 Honorary Professor, Qingdao University of Science and Technology
2022 VEBLEO Fellow
2022 Liesegang Award of the Deutsche Kolloidgesellschaft (German Colloid Society)