text: * New Jersey Woman of Achievement (1993)
  * Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1996)
  * Outstanding Woman Scientist Award, Association for Women in Science, New York Chapter (1999)
  * Distinguished Lecturer, Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society (2007–2009)
  * Distinguished Service Award, Biophysical Society (2000)[http://www.biophysics.org/AwardsOpportunities/SocietyAwards/DistinguishedServiceAward/tabid/499/Default.aspx]
  * Fellow, Biophysical Society (2001)
  * M.J. Buerger Award, American Crystallographic Association (2006)
  * Department of Chemistry Alumni Award from the University of Pittsburgh (2010)
  * American Crystallographic Association Fellow (2011)[https://web.archive.org/web/20130208025101/http://www.amercrystalassn.org/aca-fellows]
  * Carl Brändén Award from the Protein Society (2012)
  * DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2013)
  * Benjamin Franklin Award for Open Access in the Life Sciences (2014)