Hannes has was awarded the Gordon Memorial Speakership at CLEO 2024. The award pays tribute to Jim Gordon's numerous high-impact contributions to quantum electronics and photonics
Hannes joins a high-profile group of previous awardees. Since the award has been established the following people have been honored: Tracy Northup (2023), Ekkehard Peik (2022), Chao-Yang Lu (2021), Jelena Vuckovic (2020), Mark Kasevich (2019), Mikhail Lukin (2018), Paul Kwiat (2017), Jeff Kimble (2016), Jean-Michel Raimond (2015).