- Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Award of the DFG (German Research Foundation) (2013)

- Selected as a “Future Leader” for 'Science and Technology in Society' Forum Kyoto, Japan, invited by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) (2011)

- Award “Most Notable International Researchers” by the Office for Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) at the University of California, Berkeley (2006)

- Science Award of the "Unterfränkische Gedenkjahrstiftung für Wissenschaft" (2005)

- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen - Science Award of the University of Würzburg, Germany (2004)