Honors: 1998 graduated “summa cum laude”, University of Basel, Switzerland 2002 Norbert J. Kreidl Award of the Glass and Optical Division of the American Ceramic Society 2004 Excellence in Publication Award of the Associate Director, Chemistry and Materials Science, LLNL 2006 “Above and Beyond” Award for undergraduate teaching, Center for Biophotonics 2008-2011 Visiting Professor, University of Tromso, Norway 2009 Guest Editor for Journal of Biophotonics on “Biophotonics in Regenerative Medicine” 2012-2015 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, “Applied Spectroscopy” 2015/2017 Chair, Subcommittee “Biophotonics”, CLEO Europe – largest Europ.Photonics conf. 2017 - Member of the Editorial Board, "Scientific Reports" 2019- Associate Editor, "BME Frontiers", Science Partner Journals