| 2011 | Faculty member of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) in Jena |
| 2010 | Advanced phase postdoc fellowship of the VolkswagenStiftung |
| 2009 | Associate faculty member of the Faculty of 1.000 |
| 2009 | Faculty member of the Jena School of Microbial Communication |
| 2007 | Travel award, University of Auckland |
| 2006 | Feodor Lynen Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
| 2006 | Merian award, Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö) |
| 2006 | Travel award ‘Summer Institute of Statistical Genetics’, Seattle, USA |
| 2005 | Best poster award ‘International Max Planck Research School’ (IMPRS) |
| 2005 | IMPRS travel award for the best poster, 3rd IMPRS Symposium |
| 2005 | Student Travel Award, ISCE Meeting 2005, Washington D.C., USA |
| 2005 | Travel award, International Society of Chemical Ecology (ISCE) |
| 2001 | Merian award, Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö) |
