Niklas Jüngst received the award "Bremer Ingenieurpreis 2017" from VDI Bremer Bezirksverein for his master thesis entitled "Model development for the enantioselective analysis of chiral substances by Raman spectroscopy".

Anja Lampe received the WATT Study Award 2017 for her M.Sc. thesis titled "Characterisation of edible oils by chemometric analysis of spectroscopic data"

Johannes Kiefer has been appointed as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Molecular Structure in September 2016.

Johannes Kiefer has been inducted as Senior Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) in June 2016: The Optical Society Announces 2016 Class of Senior Members.

Johannes Kiefer has been appointed as a member of the Editorial Boards of the journal Applied Sciences in May 2016.

Maximilian Waack received the award "Bremer Ingenieurpreis 2015" from VDI Bremer Bezirksverein for his bachelor thesis entitled "Application of electrohydrodynamic atomization in falling film evaporators for seawater desalination: influence on wetting behaviour and heat transfer".

Marcus Stuckenholz received the WATT Study Award 2015 for his M.Sc. thesis titled "Characterization of the vapor-liquid equilibrium of mixtures containing ionic liquids".

Heike Glade received the award for the "Best Session Chair" at the IDA World Congress on "Desalination and Water Reuse", 30.8. - 4.9.2015 in San Diego (USA).

Johannes Kiefer has been appointed as a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of the journal Applied Spectroscopy on 01.07.2015.

Johannes Kiefer has been appointed as an Honorary Professor at the University of Aberdeen on 01.07.2014.