- Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar of California Institute of Technology 1995 - Enzyme Engineering Award 1997 - Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st class 2002 - Elected Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Engineering 2002 - German Future Prize References 1937 births Living people People from East Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin East German women German biochemists German women biochemists Academic staff of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Foreign associates of the National Academy of Engineering 20th-century German women