* 1991: Chemistry Prize of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
* 1995: Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
* 2006: External scientific member of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
* 2007: Member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
* 2009: Member of the Academia Europaea
* 2010: Liebig Medal
* 2013: Honorary Doctor of Science, University College London
* 2018: Foreign Member of the Royal Society
* 2019: Schrödinger Medal