- Descartes-Huygensprijs 2008.
- NWO - VICI laureaat, 2009-2016.
- Fellow of the Faculty of Science, University of Hasselt, Belgium, 2012.
- Recipient and PI of NWA project 'Dutch Black Hole Consortium' (5MEuro), 2021-2027.
- Director Institute for Theoretical Physics 2012-2018.
- Head of Department of Physics, 2018-2024.
Leeropdracht
String Theory