Joachim Ullrich has received numerous national and international awards for his scientific work.In 2006,for example,he received the Philipp Morris Research Prize together with Robert Moshammer and in 2021 the Stern-Gerlach Medal,the highest award of the DPG for outstanding achievements in the field of experimental physics.

In 2012,Joachim Ullrich was appointed President of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt(PTB).One year later,he was elected second deputy in the presidium of the German Institute for Standardisation e.V.as well as a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering(acatech).Within the framework of the Metre Convention,Joachim Ullrich became a member of the International Committee for Weights and Measures(CIPM),has been its Vice-President since 2015 and President of the Consultative Committee for Units(CCU)since the beginning of 2014.