Honors and Awards

2022
Election as Honorary Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society

2021
Election to U.S. National Academy of Engineering as International Member

2015
Election as Member: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW); Academy of Science and Literature, Mainz;

2013
Election as Member: German Academy of Science and Engineering (ACATECH)

2012
Election as Fellow of the Materials Research Society

2010
Doctor honoris causa, University of Montpellier, France

2010
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Prize, German Research Foundation (DFG)

2008
Max Planck Research Award for pioneering work on Biological and bio-inspired materials (with Prof. R. Langer, MIT)

2007
Election as Corresponding Member of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW)