| 2017 | Norbert Freinkel Award; American Diabetes Association (ADA) |
| 2011 | Giorgio Pardi Research Award (Society for Gynecologic Investigation) |
| 2008 | AVENTIS Award (senior author) |
| 2008 | Jorgen Pedersen Lecture European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) - Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group (DPSG) |
| 2005 | PRESIDENT'S AWARD; Society for Gynecologic Investigation, USA (senior author) |
| 2004 | AVENTIS award (senior author) |
| 1999 | HOECHST-Award (senior author) |
| 1997 | PRESIDENT'S AWARD; Society for Gynecologic Investigation, USA (senior author) |
| 1996 | PRESIDENT'S AWARD; Society for Gynecologic Investigation, USA (senior author) |
| 1990 | RESEARCH AWARD of the Theodor-Körner-Stiftungsfonds |
| 1988 | HOECHST-Award jointly with Dr. G. Dohr, Inst. Histol. Embryol |
| 1980 | RESEARCH AWARD of the Styrian government |
| 2014 -2019 | International Association der Diabetic Pregnancy Study Groups Treasurer |
| 2010 -2019 | Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group Member Executive Board - Treasurer |
| 2014 -2017 | American Diabetes Association Advisory Board Member on Pregnancy |
| 2003 -2004 | Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group Chairman |
| 2001 -2004 | Diabetic Pregnancy Study Group Vorstandsmitglied |
| 1999 -2003 | International Federation of Placental Associations Vorstandsmitglied |
| 2021 -2022 | DIABETOLOGIA: Advisory Board member |
| 2017 -2020 | DIABETOLOGIA: Associate Editor |
| 2017 -2020 | FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Editorial Board Member |
| 2018 -2019 | MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE: Guest Editor |
| 2011 -2016 | ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM: Associate Editor |
| 2008 -2014 | PLACENTA: |
| 1997 -2009 | TROPHOBLAST RESEARCH: Member of the Editorial Board |
| 2002 -2008 | PLACENTA: Editor in Chief |
| 2018 | Berufung: Gutachter: University of Toronto Denice Feig |
| 2016 | Habilitation: Mitglied: Maximillian Ludwig Universität München |
| 2010 | Berufung: Gutachter: University of Texas Medical Branch Mahmoud S. Ahmed |
| 2008 | Berufung: Gutachter: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Yoel Sadovsky |
| 2007 | Habilitation: Gutachter: Universität Ulm |
| 2004 | Habilitation: Gutachter: University of Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| 2004 | Berufung: Gutachter: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA Sylvie Hauguel-de Mouzon |
| 2003 | Habilitation: Gutachter: Universität Hamburg |
| 2002 | Berufung: Gutachter: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Hans-Georg Frank |
| 2018 | Europäische Kommission |
| 2018 | Danish Diabetes Academy |
| 2008 | International Workshop on Placental Endothelium and Endothelial Progenitor cells Organisator*in |
| 1999 | Annual Meeting Organisator*in |