Among his honors are: the 2019 Gregori Aminoff Prize (Royal Swedish Academy); the Bernal Distinguished Lecturer, University of Limerick, 2017; the World Class Professorship, KAIST, Korea, 2013; Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007; Regents' Professor, Arizona State University 1994; and D. Sc. “for excellence in published research” University of Bristol, 1976.