Scholarships, Grants, Awards
| July 2011 | small grant awarded from the German Physical Society (DPG) to organize an interdisciplinary symposium on Statistics of Cellular Motion at the Spring Meeting of the DPG, Berlin, March 2012 (approx. EUR5000) |
| June 2011 | grant awarded from the Office of Naval Research (USA) to partially support the 3-week international conference on Weak Chaos, Infinite Ergodic Theory, and Anomalous Dynamics ($10000) |
| May 2011 | selected as a scholar for the conference `Building Bridges: Top researchers for Germany, top research in Germany' (full funding for travel and accommodation awarded) |
| Feb. 2011 | small research grant awarded from the London Mathematical Society on `Fluctuation relations for anomalous dynamics' (£1840) |
| Oct. 2010 | small grant awarded from the German Physical Society (DPG) to organize a symposium on Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics of Small Systems at the Spring Meeting of the DPG (approx. EUR5000) |
| April 2010 | funding awarded from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems to organize a 3-week international conference on Weak Chaos, Infinite Ergodic Theory, and Anomalous Dynamics (approx. EUR53500) |
| Feb. 2010 | invitation to become member of the EPSRC Peer Review College honouring my work as a referee for EPSRC |
| Nov. 2009 | Outstanding Referee Award 2010 from the American Physical Society honouring my work as a referee for the Physical Review journals |
| Oct. 2009 | grant awarded from the London Mathematical Society as the workshop coordinator of the London Dynamical Systems Group (£1400) |
| Mar. 2009 | research grant awarded from the QMUL Bridging the Gaps initiative for the interdisciplinary project ``Anomalous dynamics of foraging bumblebees'' (£7000) |
| Dec. 2008 | QMUL Contribution Reward for ``demonstrating leadership, conscientiousness and high competency throughout the tasks you undertake'' and for having ``performed exceptionally in all areas of your role'' |
| Oct. 2008 | grant awarded from the London Mathematical Society as the workshop coordinator of the London Dynamical Systems Group (£1400) |
| Oct. 2007 | grant awarded from the London Mathematical Society as the workshop coordinator of the London Dynamical Systems Group (£1400) |
| Fall 2007 | funding awarded from the London Dynamical Systems Group to organize a 1-day international workshop on anomalous diffusion (£300) |
| Sep. 2006 | 2-year research grant (£250000) awarded from the British EPSRC council; includes money for traveling, guests, computers, for partially paying myself and a 2-year postdoc position |
| Oct. 2005 | full funding awarded from the Heraeus foundation to organize an international conference on anomalous transport |
| May 2001 | full funding awarded from the Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems to organize an international conference on chaotic transport |
| Feb. 2001 | full funding awarded from the Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems to organize an invited minisymposium at the Dynamics Days Europe, Dresden |
| Jan. 2000 | 1-year Habilitation fellowship awarded from the DFG
(declined); grant to cover travel expenses awarded from the DFG |
| Dec. 1999 | 3-year distinguished postdoctoral fellowship of the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems awarded |
| 1996-98 | three postdoctoral fellowships awarded from the DFG |
| Aug. 1997 | scholarship awarded to participate at the 13th International Summer School of Statistical Physics, Altenberg, Germany; prize awarded for most thought-provoking poster |
| 1994/95 | Ph.D. scholarship awarded from the city of Berlin |
| 1992/93 | two Ph.D. scholarships awarded from the DAAD |
| Sept. 1991 | scholarship awarded to participate at the Summer School of the Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching |
| 1982 - 1986 | repeated successful participation at the German Young Scientist competition Jugend forscht: 2nd place and special award in physics, 3rd place in biology and special award in mathematics/computer science |