2014
ACM SIGSAC Doctoral Dissertation Award 2014 for outstanding Ph.D. thesis in computer and information security (runner-up).

2014
Nominated for the GI Dissertation Award 2014.

2013
ACM CODASPY 2013 Outstanding Poster Award.

2008
Distinction as outstanding graduate of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany in 2008.

2000
Jugendpreis der Eduard-Rhein-Stiftung 2000.

2000
Jugend Forscht 2000 winner of the state competition.

1999
Jugend Forscht 1999 winner of regional competition.