Awards
1994 Diploma Award of the Boehringer-Ingelheim-Foundation
1996 Dissertation Award of Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz
1997
"PostDoc-Fellowship" of the German Research Council (DFG);
"Liebig-Fellowship" of the Fonds der chemischen Industrie
2000 Fellowship of the DF German Research Council (DFG)
2001 Bennigsen-Foerder-Award (100.000,- DM)
2002 "Biomedicine Award" of the society for the advancement of biomedicinal research in Dortmund e.V.
2002 "Heisenberg-Fellowship" of the German Research Council (DFG)
2002 "Lilly Lecture Award" of Lilly Research GmbH
2013 "Lilly Lectureship Award", Peking
2015
European Research Comission Advanced Grant 2014
2018 Max-Bergmann Medal