Joakim's early work on MIMO communications earned him the IEEE Signal Processing Society’s 2006 Young Author Best Paper Award. He was also honored with the Ingvar Carlsson Career Award in 2009 by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. His recent work in signal processing for biomedical data analysis has led to the development of analysis algorithms for ELISpot and FluoroSpot immunoassays. These algorithms have been successfully commercialized by Mabtech AB in the Mabtech IRIS ELISpot and FluoroSpot reader, demonstrating the practical application of his research. His earlier work in biomedical data analysis, which included the automated tracking of (biological) cell migration and morphology in time-lapse microscopy, was awarded a conference best paper award at IEEE ISBI 2012 and has been recognized with several Bitplane Awards in connection to the ISBI cell tracking challenges between 2013 and 2015.