His awards for outstanding scientific achievements include the 1986 Nobel Prize for Physics, which he received together with Heinrich Rohrer for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.

• 他在科学上的杰出表现替他赢得了1986年的诺贝尔物理奖，他与罗瑞尔因发明了扫描式穿隧显微镜而共享该奖项。