Awards:
1990-1997 Full Scholarship of the Deutsche Studienstiftung
2008 Biomeriéux-Diagnostic-Award, awarded by the Foundation of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie (DGHM) in Dresden
2009 Hygiene-Award of the Rudolph-Schuelke-Foundation
2010 Robert Koch Young Investigator-Award, presented in the born-town of Robert Koch “Clausthal-Zellerfeld” on the occasion of the given 100th anniversary
2012 Health and Prevention-Award of the German Federal State Nordrhein-Westfalen
2014 Johan-Peter-Frank-Medal of the Federal Society of Public Health
2019 Robert Koch-Award for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention
2021 Benoemd tot Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw
2021 Verleihung des Verdienstkreuzes am Band der Bundesrepublik Deutschland