University Professor for Process Engineering
Order of Merit of the Republic of Germany, 2011
Ernst Solvay Prize, 2006
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2008
Erich Conrad Medal German Rubber Society (DKG), 2006
Arnold-Eucken-Medal Research Society- Chemical Engineering (GVC), 2000
Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, 1995
Worked for DFG (Deustche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Moved to Leibniz University, Hannover in 1982.
Joined as Assoc. Professor at TU Berlin in 1979.