Awards

2025: Selection as member of the nomination committee of the VinFuture Prize, Vietnam.
2023: Selection as member of the organising committee as well as of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Building Materials (ICBM 2024), to be held in Hanoi from October 31st to November 03rd, 2024
2021: Selection as member of the scientific editorial of the regular publication „Journal of Materials & Construction“ (ISSN 2734-9438)
2021: Selection as member of the editorial board of the regular publication „Insight – The Cambodia Journal of Basic and Applied Research (CJBAR)“
2018: Funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to join a reviewer meeting at Vietnamese-German Centre (VDZ) at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam

2018: Funding support from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to join a workshop on Smart and Climate-Friendly City Solutions as a speaker at Jakarta, Indonesia
2018: Funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to join an international conference as a keynote speaker at An Giang University, Long Xuyên, Vietnam
2018: Funding support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) to join a Humboldt-Kolleg as a conference speaker at Aurangabad, India
2017: Nomination as regular reviewer of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH)
2017: Funding support from the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Phnom Penh, in the context of the publication „Phnom Penh: Capital City“
2017: Nomination as honory member of the Heritage Observatory Association
2016: Certificate to honour: 25 successful activities within the Science Year 2015 „Future of the City“, organized by the German Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF)
2016: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of the photo book „TP. Hồ Chí Minh: MEGA City – 3rd edition 2017“
2016: Funding support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) in the context of a short-term research stay in Vietnam
2016: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of the photo book “Đà Nẵng: COASTAL City”
2015: „Bùi Xuân Phái – For Love Hà Nội“-Award for the publication „Hà Nội: CAPITAL City“ in the category „Best Works“
Certificate BXP-Award
2015: Funding of my poster exhibition „Chinas Metropolen im Wandel: Die Zweite Transformation“ from the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the context of Science Year 2015 which focuses on the City of the Future.
2015: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of the photo book „Đà Nẵng: COASTAL City“
2015: Funding support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) in the context of a short-term research stay in Vietnam
2014: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of the photo book „Hà Nội: CAPITAL City“
2014: Funding support from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) in the context of a short-term research stay in Vietnam

2014: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of a conference about creative spaces and urban development
2014: Selection as member of the International Board of Directors for the Asian Urban Research Association (AURA)
2013: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of the photo book „TP. Hồ Chí Minh: MEGA City“
2013: Funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the context of a short-term appointmentship at two Vietnamese universities
2012: Selection as host of Mrs. Ngo Thi To Nhien, scholarship holder of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) within the International Climate Protection Fellowship Programme 2012/2013
topic of her research: Energy efficiency governance towards sustainable urban development in Vietnam
2012: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of a conference about green housing in Vietnam
2011: Funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the context of a study project about climate change and sustainable urban development in Vietnam
2010: Selection as member of Scientific Advisory Council for the Region Southeast Asia and as regular peer of the German Journal on Contemporary Asia (ASIEN) by the Board of Directors of the German Association for Asian Studies (DGA).
2010: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of a conference about climate change and sustainable urban development in Vietnam
2007: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of the conference „Hanoi in Transition“.
2007: Selection as member of the Advisory Board of the Irmgard Coninx Foundation.
2006: Funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the context of a study project about sustainable housing policies in Vietnam
2005, 2nd prize (1.500 Euro), national student’s competition on the topic: „The demographic Change – Consequences for Society and Citizens, Ideas and Concepts’, organized by the of the German Ministry of Interior Affairs (BMI). Submitted contribution ‘Mathematic Optimisation of Population Prognosis Models for Small-Spatial Units’. Guidance and instruction of the participating students within a tutorial.
2004: Funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the context of a short-term appointmentship at two Vietnamese universities
2003: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of a conference about Hanoi and challenges of sustainable urban development.
2002: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of a conference about the Ancient Quarter of Hanoi.
2001: Funding support from the Goethe Institute Vietnam in the context of a conference about the Ancient Quarter of Hanoi.
1999: Funding support from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the context of a field trip to Vietnam
1989, book prize as top of my graduation class in Geography.