Prizes, awards and recognition
Memberships and Fellowships
- of the (ICTP): 2024 - 2029
- of the (GYA); 2018 - 2023
- Fellow of 2018/19, German Scholars Organization (GSO); June 2018 - Feb 2019
Noteworthy Invitations
- , Plenary Speaker; Kigali (RW), Feb 2025
- ; Budapest (HU), Nov 2024
- , Speaker; Shanghai (CN), Nov 2023
- , , Plenary Speaker; Cape Town (ZA), Dec 2022:
- , ; Lindau (D), June 2019
Personal Awards
- : , National Research Foundation (NRF); Jan 2021 - Dec 2026
- UNAM Meritorious Award 2017 for Best Academic Performance in the Faculty of Science, University of Namibia (UNAM); Apr 2018
- Honorable Mention in , German Physical Society (DPG); Mar 2015 (not eligible as not yet post-doc during the achievements leading to the award)
- , German Data Science Society (GfKl); July 2013
Student Awards
- , e-fellows.net GmbH & Co. KG; Aug 2010 - Feb 2012
- Ph.D. Scholarship, Physics Faculty, TU Dortmund University; Apr 2008 – Mar 2011
- Dean's List: Top-25% MSc graduates, Physics Faculty, TU Dortmund University; 2008
- , German Physical Society (DPG); June 2002
Group Awards
As group lead:
- (as Chair of the Executive Board), National Commission on Research, Science & Technology; Mar 2026
- (as PI), Royal Astronomical Society; Jan 2024
As group member:
- , Sigma Pi Sigma – The Physics Honor Society (American Institute of Physics); Apr 2020
- , American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Science; Dec 2018
- , Society for Science & the Public: Science News; Dec 2018
- , Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI); Oct 2018
- , American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Science; Dec 2017
- , Institute of Physics (IOP): Physics World; Dec 2017
- , Society for Science & the Public: Science News; Dec 2017
- , Times Higher Education (THE); Nov 2017
- , National Commission on Research Science & Technology; Oct 2016
