| since 2016 | Associate Editor Dalton Transaction (website Dalton) | |
| since 2004 | Board Member of the Schmidt Minerva Center (Weizmann Institute) | |
| 2002-2006 | Board of Trustees Stiftung für Innovation / Rheinland-Pfalz | |
| 1998-2004 | Editorial Board Member Chemistry of Materials | |
| 1998-2001 | Editorial Board Member Journal Solid State Chemistry | |
| 1991-1996 | Dozenten-Fellowship (VCI) | |
| 1989 | Bennigsen-Foerder award | |
| 1989 | Heinrich-Hertz Fellowship | |
| 1987-1988 | Liebig-Fellowship (VCI) | |
| 1984 | EMBO Fellowship | |
| 1984-1986 | DAAD/NATO and DFG Fellowship | |
| 1984 | Award of the University of Münster for excellence in graduate research | |
| 1980 | Heinrich-Hertz Fellowship |