Prizes and Awards
6.1982 participation in the 13th International Olympic Games in Physics; gain of a bronze medal
1982-1986 scholarship and member of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes during the whole study and PhD
1984 prize of the Abteilung Mathematik der Universität Dortmund for the best intermediate diploma in mathematics
1986 prize of the Abteilung Physik der Universität Dortmund for the best diploma in physics
1994 Heisenberg-fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Jan 1994 Gerhard-Hess-Forschungspreis of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
since 1999 Fellow of the Institute of Physics
2000 Academy Award of the Fachschaft Physik at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf for the best lecture in the year 1999
2003 Gentner-Kastler-Prize (award from the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and the Société Francaise de Physique for exceptional contributions to physics) for the contributions to the physics of soft matter, in particular for the work on colloids
2010 recipient of the ERC Advanced Grant INTERCOCOS (with G. Morfill)
2012 distinction by the Ehrenmedaille (medal of honors) of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
2016 selected as an Outstanding Referee for the Journal of Chemical Physics
2017 selected as an Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review journals
2018 selected as an Outstanding Referee for the New Journal of Physics
2023 SigmaPhi Prize for seminal contributions to Statistical Physics