Awards and Recognition
- German Academic Exchange Service (D.A.A.D.) Sandwich Scholar for PhD programme, 2003-2006
- Wolbachia Travel Award to attend 4th International Wolbachia Meeting in Puerto Rico, Caribbean, 2006
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Travel Award to attend 56th ASTMH Meeting in Philadelphia, USA, 2007
- International Congress on Parasitology (ICOPA) Travel Award to attend XIIth ICOPA Meeting and Co-chair a Symposium in Melbourne, Australia, 2010
- World Young Promising Scientist Award to meet and interact with Nobel Laureates in Lindau (Germany), 2010
- Wolfgang Stille Award of the Paul-Ehrlich Society of Microbiology (Germany), 2012
- European Foundation Initiative on Neglected Tropical Diseases, Junior Fellowship Award, 2008-2012
- European Foundation Initiative on Neglected Tropical Diseases, Senior Fellowship Award, 2012-2015
- German Momentos Prize Award for Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
- The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, (EDCTP) Senior fellowship, 2020-2024