Awards
1989: "Wissenschaftspreis" of the "Industrie und Handelskammer"
1991: "Dissertationspreis" of the University of Marburg
1994: "Gerhard-Hess-Förderpreis" of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1995: "The J.J.Thomson Premium" of The Institution of Electrical Engineers
1995: "Walter-Schottky-Preis" of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
1999: Teaching Award of the state of Bavaria
1999: Philip-Morris-Research Award
2001: "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis" of the German Science Foundation
2001: "Verdienstkreuz am Bande" of the Federal Republic of Germany
2007: "Forschungsprofessur" within the DFG funded LMU excellence program LMUexcellent
2011: ERC Advanced Investigator Grant awarded by the European Research Council (ERC)
2012: Member of the German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
2013: Nanonica Prize: "Breakthrough of the Year 2013 in the Nanosciences"
2016: Elected Member of the ARC Centre of Excellence of Exciton Science, Melbourne, Australia