International Prizes
• Prize “Heinz and Johannes”. Best research paper in Ecology; 2007 edition. The Support Africa International Foundation, Germany, 2007.
• Prize “Jan Tinbergen”. Best young statistician from emerging and developing countries. The International Statistical Institute (ISI), Australia, 2005.
• Prize “Biométrie 88”. Best young French biometrician in Belgium. National Association of French Belgian biometricians, Belgium, 2002.

International Nominations and Distinctions
• Member of the selection committee of the International Climate Protection Fellowship Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany), since 2017

• President of AGNES (African-German Network of Excellence in Science), 2019-2023

• Member of the Global Young Academy of Sciences, 2012-2018.

• Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for outstanding achievements in research. Germany, 2007.

• Member of The World Academy of Sciences (Young affiliate), 2011-2015.