2008 Best student presentation awards, North American Sea Duck Conference, Alaska Bird Conference, and Alaska Marine Science Symposium for presentations on King Eider ecology

2005 Ph.D. Research Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), for graduate research on King Eider ecology

2004 Research grant, Worldwide Dragonfly Association (WDA), for ecological studies of Odonata in Papua New Guinea

2004 Conservation Research Grant, International Dragonfly Fund (IDF), for studies of conservation issues of dragonflies in Papua New Guinea

2003 Best M.Sc. thesis in 2003 from the Faculty of Biology, University of Oldenburg, Germany

2003 Extraordinary Student Achievements Award, University of Oldenburg, for extracurricular conservation achievements

2002 M. Sc. Research stipend, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), for studies of Pale-headed Brush-Finch ecology