* 1999 Marie Curie Fellowship, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
* 2000 Junior Research Fellowship, Wolfson College, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
* 2001 Royal Society University Research Fellowship, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
* 2011 ERC Starting Grant (subsidy) from the European Research Council for research into: Self-replication in dynamic molecular networks
* 2013 Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for research into: the Darwinian evolution of molecules. (Vici grants are intended for excellent senior researchers who can demonstrably develop their own innovative research lines and who are suitable for coaching early-career researchers.
* 2013 Appointed as Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
* 2013 Visiting professor, University of Strasbourg, France.
* 2017 ERC Advanced Grant (subsidy) from the European Research Council.
* 2018 Visiting professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.
* 2018 Supramolecular chemistry prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
* 2020 Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science ([https://knaw.nl/en/news/news/royal-academy-selects-eighteen-new-members link]).
* 2023 ERC Synergy Grant (subsidy) from the European Research Council.