received the University Award for Young Researchers 2013 (Preis der Universität Siegen für die Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses, vergeben von der Dirlmeier-Stiftung)
became a Full Professor (W3) at the University of Duisburg-Essen in 2020
received the Award for Young Researchers 2018 (Förderpreis des Fördervereins der Fakultät für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs)
received the Award for Best Teaching of the Faculty in the Academic Year 2014 (Preis der Fakultät für die beste Lehre im akademischen Jahr 2014)
received the Award of the Faculty for Innovation in Teaching in the Academic Year 2014 (Preis der Fakultät für innovative Lehre im akademischen Jahr 2014)
received the Dissertation Award of the Faculty for Young Researchers 2013 (Förderpreis der Fakultät für wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs)
received the Camelot Innovation Award 2013 (Camelot Management Consultants AG, Mannheim)
Dr. Sebastian Meiswinkel
received the Rolf H. Brunswig Dissertation Award 2018
Dr. Jenny Nossack
received the Rolf H. Brunswig Dissertation Award 2013
received the GOR (German Operations Research Society) Best Dissertation Award in 2013
received the Minister Award of the Polish Minister for Research and Education in 2008
has been ranked among the 0,5 - 1% leading positions in all (Handelsblatt, Wirtschaftswoche, DBW) citation and publication based rankings in 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2019
received many Federal Grants of the German National Science Foundation (DFG) over the past years
has been ranked at positions 4 and 5 in a worldwide Metaheuristic Ranking on scientific centrality in 2006