| 2019 |
Stern-Gerlach-Medal of the German Physical Society (DPG) |
| 2018 – |
Member of University Council (Universitätsrat), Technical University Vienna (Austria) |
| 2016 – |
Member of Council, American Physical Society |
| 2006 – |
Spokesperson BMBF (Forschungsschwerpunkt ALICE) |
| 2000 – |
Project Leader ALICE Transition Radiation Detector |
| 2004 – |
Member of ALICE Management Board |
| 2015 |
Member of the German National Academy of Science |
| 2015 |
Member of Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| 2014 |
Lise Meitner Prize of the European Physical Society |
| 2014 – 2016 |
Vice President of the German Physical Society |
| 2012 – 2014 |
President of the German Physical Society |
| 2012 |
Member of the Academia Europaea |
| 2009 – 2018 |
Member of the University Council (Universitätsrat), Heidelberg University (Germany) |
| 2009 – 2015 |
Member of the Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) |
| 2008 – 2011 |
Member of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (USA) |
| 2005 – 2012 |
Vice Dean of the Physics Department at Heidelberg University |
| 2003 – 2005 |
Dean of the Physics Department at Heidelberg University |
| 2001 |
Lautenschläger–Forschungspreis of Heidelberg University |
| 2000 – 2005 |
Member of the Scientific Policy Committee at CERN (Switzerland) |
| 1999 |
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic Of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz)) |
| 1998 |
Member of Berlin–Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
| 1997 – 2005 |
Spokesperson of SPS Experiment NA45/CERES at CERN (Switzerland) |
| 1993 – 1996 |
Member of the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the National Research Council (USA) |
| 1992 – 1995 |
Member of the Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (USA) |
| 1988 |
Presidential Young Investigator Award |
| 1986 |
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship |
| 1983 – 1985 |
Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship, Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung |
| 1982 |
Preis der Johannes–Gutenberg–Universität Mainz (Germany) |
| 1975 – 1982 |
Fellowship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |