Honours and Distinctions

American Geophysical Union Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, 2011

H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 2010

Fridtjof Nansen Medal of the European Geosciences Union, 2009

Election to Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina), 2007
Gary Comer Mentorship, 2004-2009
Victor P. Starr Career Development Professor, MIT, 1993-1997
Scholarship Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Merit Foundation), 1977 - 1984