* 1990 Otto Hahn Medal (Max Planck Society)
* 1996 Prize of Angewandte Chemie
* 1997 Chemistry Lecturer Prize (Fonds der chemischen Industrie)
* 2014 Distinguished Professorship (RWTH Aachen University)
* 2015 Innovation Award (RWTH Aachen University)
* 2017 Egon Wiberg Lecture (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)