* Marshall Stoneham Prize:

awarded for outstanding postgraduate research, Condensed Matter and Material Physics, UCL;

* Junior Research Fellowship: awarded by the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics;

* Travel Grants - minor awards:

Aerosol Society, Institute of Physics, Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung, COST, Graduate School (UCL), Department of Physics and Astronomy (UCL);

* Research project grant awarded by the Leverhulme Trust, UK;

* CN Davies Award:

research scholarship awarded by the Aerosol Society, UK;

* Master degree with honours, Vienna, Austria;

* Undergraduate degree with honours, Vienna, Austria;

* Award for outstanding academic performance: awarded by the University of Vienna, Austria;

* A levels with honours, Vienna, Austria;

* First Place in the nationwide competition of all A-level theses in Geography and Economics in Austria;

title of the thesis Economy of a less-developed country and the efficiency of national and international aid programmes taking Ethiopia as an example.