Scholarships, Grants, Awards
| 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) |
| March 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 Physics of Complex Systems awarded |
| 1996-98 | three postdoc grants awarded from the DFG |
| Aug. 1997 | full grant 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 | financial support 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 |