Spinoza prize (2004)
Treibs Medal Geochemical Society (2005)
Vernadsky Medal Biogeoschence Division of the European Geosciences Union (2007)
ERC Advanced Research Grants (2008, 2016)PI and Co(PI) of two Gravitation Awards (2013)
Dr. A.H Heineken Prize, environmental sciences (2014)
ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Geosciences (2014, 2016, 2018)
ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-fiels (2021)
Elected member of the Academia Europaea (2020)