- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Normalverfahren)
- Max
Planck Fellow of the MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
- The International Max Planck Research School for Environmental, Cellular and Molecular Microbiology (IMPRS)
- Fonds der Chemischen Gesellschaft
- BASF Aktiengesellschaft
- Cargill Inc., Wayzata, USA
- Axis-Shields ASA, Norwegen
