Funding
  • German Research Council (DFG), since 1990

  • Else-Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation
  • Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) of the Medical Faculty of the Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
  • Innovative Medical Research (IMF) of the Medical Faculty of the Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster

Honors
  • Volhard award of the German Society of Nephrology, 1983
  • Fogerty International Fellowship, NIH, USA, 1986-1987
  • Max-Planck Research award, 1994