Semiconductor Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures Prize, given by the 12th International Conference of the Formation of Semiconductor Interfaces in Weimar, Germary, 2009

Medard Welch Award presented by the AVS Science and Technology Society, 2009

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2009)

Amgen Young Investigator's Award

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Research Training Grant (NIH) 2007-2009

Member, American Academy of Microbiology, 2009

Ken Standing Award, 2009

Vilas Associates Award, 2009

2009 Romnes Award

WCU Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University, 2009

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2009

Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2009

Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009-2014

University Residence Halls Honored Instructor award, 2008

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar award, 2008

Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee Mentor Award, 2008

Beckman Young Investigator Award, 2008

American Cancer Society Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2005-2008

Hamel Family Faculty Fellow, UW-Madison 2008-2012

Moore Faculty Scholar, California Institute of Technology 2008

Jay Goodwin Lecturer, Auburn University, 2008

Vilas Associate Award, 2008-2010

Noyes Memorial Lecturer, University of Rochester, 2008

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2008

3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2008

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Research Award

Fellow, American Academy for the Advancement of Science

Dow Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, UC-Berkeley

Hutchison Lecturer, University of Rochester

Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Guggenheim Fellowship, 2008

Braude Award, Maryland Section, ACS, 2008

ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Fellowship (2008)

National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Named Professorship, 2008

Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award for 2008

Silver Medal and Centenary Lectureship, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2008

Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award (UW-Madison), 2008

Invited Participant, 2nd Transatlantic Symposium on the Frontiers in Chemistry, 2008

NSF CAREER Award, 2008 – 2013

Member, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 2008

Distinguished Professor (Univ. of Wisconsin-System), 2007-present

Senior Editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2007 to present

Honorary Member of Japan Chemical Society, 2007

UW-Madison Research-Service Award, 2007

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2007

H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007

Outstanding Mentor Award - UW-Madison, Dept of Chemistry (inaugural award), 2007

Arfvedson-Schlenk Prize in Lithium Chemistry, German Chemical Society, 2007

Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2007

Technology Achievement Award, MIT Club of Wisconsin, 2007

Rao Makineni Lectureship Award, American Peptide Society, 2007

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2007-2009

Kayli Frontiers Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2007

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2007

Member, American Academy of Microbiology, 2007

Pirelli Internetional Award for outstanding multimedia work for teaching chemistry, Pirelli Corporation, Rome, Italy, 2007.

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award (2007)

DuPont Young Professor (2007)

Eli Lilly and Company Young Investigator Award

Beckman Young Investigator Award

American Society of Mass Spectrometry Research Award

Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry (American Chemical Society), 2007

ACS PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship Award, 2007

Popular Science "Brilliant 10" Award, 2007

DuPont Young Professor Award, 2007

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2007

UW-Madison James Taylor Teaching Award, 2007

3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2007

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2006

Coblentz Award, 2006

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 2006

Vilas Associate Award, 2006

Eli Lilly New Faculty Award, 2006

Pfizer Michigan Green Chemistry Award, 2006

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006

Graduate Research Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin, 2006

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2006

Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2006

University of Wisconsin Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, 2006

Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, 2006.

Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, American Chemical Society, 2006

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry

NSF CAREER Award (2006-2011)

3M Nontenured Faculty Award (2006)

MIT Technology Review TR35 (35 Young Innovators under the age of 35)  (2006)

Named one of "Tomorrow's PIs" by Genome Technology magazine

Vincent du Vigneaud Award (American Peptide Society), 2006

WARF Professorship (UW-Madison), 2006

Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, American Chemical Society, 2006

National Science Foundation, Special Creativity Award, Division of Materials Research, 2006

Judith S. Craig Award for Distinguished Service, College of Letters & Science, 2006

Camille & Henry Dreyfus Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, American Chemical Society, 2006

Hilldale Award in the Physical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, 2006

Burroughs Welcome Fund Investigator in Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease, 2006

UW-Madison Chancellors Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2006

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2006

Johnson & Johnson Focused Funding Award, 2006

Ernst Haage Preis des Max-Planck-Institut für Bioanorganische Chemie (First recipient), 2006

NSF Creativity Grant Extension, 2005-2007

W. M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young scholars in Medical Research Achievement Award, 2006

Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineers, 2005

Packard Foundation Science and Engineering Fellowship, 2005

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005

World Innovation Foundation Fellow, 2005

Chemical Society of Japan Award, 2005

Research & Development 100 Award for Technical Innovation, 2005

American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Instrumentation, 2005

Kohler Lecturer, UC Riverside, 2005

American Chemical Society, Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship sponsored by Eli Lilly 2004-2005

Michigan State University Distinguished Graduate Fellowship 2001-2005

Fellow, Biophysical Society, 2005

Emil Thomas Kaiser Award, Protein Society, 2005

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005

Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces, 2005

Best poster. Gordon Conference on Nucleic Acids. 2005

Department of Defense BCRP - Concept Award. 2005

3M Corporation Non-tenured Faculty Award, 2005-2008

Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award, 2005

Harrison-Howe Award, Rochester ACS, 2005

Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2005

Visiting Professor at Tianjin University [P. R. China], 2005 - 2007.

Arthur Adamson Award of the American Chemical Society, 2005

NSF CAREER award 2005-2010

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005

NSF MPS Distinguished International Research Fellowship (2005-2007)

Wentink Prize, Cornell University (2005)

Vilas Associates Award (2005-2006)

Doris Slesinger Award for Excellence in Mentoring (2005)

MIT Technology Review Top 35 Innovator Under the Age of 35, 2005

Research Corporation Cottrell Scholar Award, 2005

Beckman Young Investigators Award, 2004

ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2004

Charles M. Johnson Chair in Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, UW-Madison, WI, 2004-

Dow Chemical Company Foundation Graduate Fellowship 2004

Keynote Lecturer, 64th International Calorimetry Conference, Santa Fe. Nw Mexico, 2004

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 2004

Vilas Associates Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002-2004

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2004)

CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2004)

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 2004

Fellow of UW-Madison Teaching Academy (2004)

Women in Engineering Program Award (Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program, UW-Madison; Co-Directors Judith N. Burstyn and Wendy C. Crone)

Emil Steiger Distinguished Teaching Award, 2004 (UW-Madison University-wide)

Shaw Scientist Award of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, 2004

National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, 2004

American Chemical Society PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship Award, 2004

Alexander von Humboldt Forschungsstipendium, MPI-Mülheim, Sept. 2004 - Aug. 2006

Association of Former Students Graduate Assistant Award for Research, Texas A&M, 2004

Celanese, Ltd. Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Texas A&M 2004

National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2003

Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2003

Listed as Highly-cited Chemist for 1981 - 1989, 2003

Main Group Chemistry Medal, 2003

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award 2003-2008

3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award 2003-2005

John D. MacArthur Professorship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003-2008

Fellow, American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 2003

University of Wisconsin Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, 2003

Reilly Lecturer, University of Notre Dame, 2003

Student Hosted Colloquium Speaker, Stanford University, 2003

Keynote Lecturer, Gordon Research Conference on Osmoregulation, Briston, Rhode Island, 2003

H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998-2003

Closs Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, 2003

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003

Lilly Research Laboratories President's Award, 2003.

MIT Technology Review's TR100 Award: Top 100 Young Innovators, 2003

Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award, 2003-2006

Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2003

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2003

Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Excellence in Teaching Engineers, UW-Madison, 2003

Ruth L. Kirchstein Individual National Research Service Award (NIH-NRSA)

James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003

Research Innovation Award, Research Corporation, 2003

UW System Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003

University of Wisconsin System Teaching Scholar, 2003

Association for Women in Science, Elected as Fellow, 2003

2003 Swiss Chemical Society: Alfred Werner Award

2003 Sloan Foundation Fellow

2003 NSF-CAREER Award

Research Corporation Innovation Award, 2002

Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 2002

Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering, 2002

Dow Lecturer at University of British Columbia, 2002

James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award, 2002

Hilldale Undergraduate Research Awards, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002 (with undergraduates K. Haug , W.-K. Woo, V. Chen, T. Huppert, L. Klein)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Research Training Grant (NIH) 2002-2004

National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2002-2004

Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Distinguished Graduate Research, 2002

Associated Students of the California Institute of Technology Teaching Award, 2002

Student Invited Seminar Speaker, MIT, 2002

Villas Associate, University of Wisconsin, 2002-2003

James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin, 2002

Jack L. Beal Award, American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2002

Kellett Mid-Career Awardee (2002-2007)

UW-Madison Steenbock Professor of Chemical Sciences, 2002-12

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, 2002

Guggenheim Fellowship, J. S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2001-2002

Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2002

American Chemical Society, Women Chemists Committee Regional Award for Diversity, 2002

"Highly-Cited Researcher" (field of Materials Science), Institute for Scientific Information, 2002

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship 2002-2004

American Chemical Society Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry, 2001

Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001

Andreas C. Albrecht Chair of Chemistry, 2001-present

Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 1996-1998, 2001

National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2001-2005

Dow Chemical Research Innovation Award 2001

Research Corporation Innovation Award 2001-2002

Independent Scientist Award, NIH, 2001-06

Albert E. Lampen Mathematics Prize, Hope College, 2001

Almon T. Godfrey Prize in Chemistry, Hope College, 2001

Biophysical Society Founders Award, 2001

Founders Award Lecturer, Biophysical Society, 2001

Carbohydrate Research Award, 2001

Romnes Faculty Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001

The Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 2001.

McKnight Faculty Award, 2001 - 2003.

National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award, 2001 - 2006.

Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2001

Helfaer Professor, 2001

Research Corporation Research Innovation Award, 2001

Shaw Scientist Award, 2001

Best Poster Award, 6th Johns Hopkins University Folding Meeting, 2001

Distinguised Membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2001

National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Texas A&M 2001-2004

National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow (NRSA), 2000

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, 2000

Pharmacia Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 2000

Matt Suffness Award, American Society of Pharmacognosy, 2000

Barry Goldwater Scholarship, 2000

Beckman Scholar’s Research Fellowship, 1999-2000

6th Mississippi Chemical Lecture in Chemical Sciences, University of Mississippi, 2000

NSF Grant Continuation Award for Special Creativity, 2000

Vilas Associate, UW-Madison, 2000-02

Horace Isbell Award, Carbohydrate Division of the American Chemical Society, 2000

W.T. Lippincott Professor, UW-Madison, 2000

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2000

Kellett Mid-Career Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000

S.C. Johnson Co. Distinguished Fellow, 2000-2003

Vilas Associate Award (University of Wisconsin), 2000

Recipient of the Pioneer Award of the American Institute of Chemists, 2000

James W. Taylor Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000

2000 Research Corporation Innovation Award

2000 University of Bern, Switzerland: Theodor Kocher Award

Graduate Merit Fellowship, Texas A&M 2000 - 2001

Langmuir Award, Colloid and Surface Chemistry Division of ACS, 1999

Kobunshi Koseki Sho Distinguished Services to Polymer Science Award, Society of Polymer Science-Japan (SPSJ), 1999

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, 1999

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship 1999-2000

UW-Madison Hilldale Fellowship for Undergraduate Research, 1999

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award 1999-2004

WARF Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 1999-2004

Association for Women in Science Educational Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship 1999

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1999

National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1999-2002

Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Distinguished Graduate Research, 1999

MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 1999-2004

Selected as one of the 50 top R & D stars to watch by Industry Week, 1999

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, 1999

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 1999

Hyp J. Dauben Award in Organic Chemistry, University of Washington (1999)

Recipient of the Willard Gibbs Medal, Chicago ACS Section, 1999

Wills Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-99

Pharmacia Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Chemistry, 1999

Pharmacia Upjohn Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Chemistry, 1998-99

Walter H. Stockmayer Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998

Fellow, Korean Academy of Science & Technology, Seoul, Korea, 1998

Samuel C. Johnson Distinguished Fellowship, 1998

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Kellett Mid-Career Research Award, 1998-2003

Hascoe Distinguished Lecturer, University of Connecticut, 1998

CAREER Award, NSF, 1998-03

Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award, Central Michigan University 1998

UW-Madison Vilas Associate Award, 1998-2000

Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 1998

University of Wisconsin Romnes Faculty Fellowship, 1998

Union Carbide Corporation Innovation Recognition Award, 1998

National Science Foundation, National Young Investigator Award (NYI), 1993-98

Briscoe Lecturer, Indiana University, 1998

RW-Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute Faculty Award, 1998 - 2000.

Vilas Associate Award, 1998

Earl K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society, 1998

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1998

Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998

Recipient of the Hans B. Jonassen Lectureship, Tulane University, 1998

Italian National Research Council (CNR) Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined), 1998

UW Teaching Academy, elected as member, 1998

Pharmacia & Upjohn Teaching Award, 1998-99

Ho-Am Basic Science Award, Samsung Corporation, 1997

Maurice L. Huggins Memorial Award, Gordon Research Conference-Polymers, (West), 1997

Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1997-1999

Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award, 1997-present

Vilas Associate Award, UW-Chemistry, 1997-1998

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biosciences Related to the Environment 1997-1999

Herbert Newby McCoy Award, Chemistry Department Thesis Award, 1997

Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities Award for development of automated DNA sequencing, 1997

Fellow, American Physical Society, 1997

Graduate Student Invited Speaker, University of California, Berkeley, 1997

Closs Lecturer, University of Chicago, 1997

Searle Scholar, Searle Scholars Program/Chicago Community Trust, 1997-00

Dow AgroSciences Inventor Award 1997

NIH Merit Award, 1997-2005

NASA Postdoctoral Fellow (NSCORT program) 1997 - 1999

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1997-2003

Boettcher Foundation Fellowship, 1993-1997

Vilas Associates Award, UW-Madison, 1997-1998

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1997

Shaw Scientist Award, 1992-97

Innovation Recognition Award, Union Carbide Corporation, 1996 and 1997

National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship, 1992-1997

Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 1997

Pharmacia & Upjohn Teaching Award (Dept. of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin), 1997

Recipient of the Gordon Stone Lectureship, Bristol University, 1997

Graduate student fellowship, Phillips Petroleum Co., 1994 - 1997

American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1996-97

1997 University of Bern, Switzerland: Faculty Award for Ph.D. Thesis

M. E. K. Mees Medal, Eastman Kodak Company, 1996

Evan P. Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, 1996-2001

Harvard Committee on Undergraduate Education Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, 1996

National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship 1992-1994, 1996-1997

FIRST Award, NIH, 1996-01

DowElanco Inventor's Award 1993, 1994, 1996

University of Wisconsin Mid-Career Award, 1996

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship for Research in Japan, 1996

NSF Award for Special Creativity, 1996-98

Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1996

Zeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award, 1996

Renfrew Lecturer, University of Idaho, 1996

Peking University Student Research Scholarship (1996)

Excellent Student in Honors Science Program (1996)

National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996 - 1997.

Evan P. Helfaer Chair in Chemistry, 1996

H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellow (University of Wisconsin), 1996

Amoco Distinguished Lecturer, Indiana University, 1996

Recipient of Frontiers in Chemistry Lectureship, Texas A & M University (3 lectures), 1996

Lester Award, Emory University, 1996

Academic Staff Excellence Award, Wisconsin Association Award for Excellence in Leadership, 1996

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow  (1996-1998)

Vilas Associate Award, UW-Madison, 1996-97

Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 1990-1995

National Science Foundation, CAREER award (formerly the NYI), 1995

Visiting Professor, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, West Germany, May-July 1995

Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, G. Asachi Technical University of Romania, 1995

Upjohn Award for Teaching Excellence in Chemistry, 1995

Davidson Lecturer, University of Kansas, 1995

University of Wisconsin Mid-Career Award, 1995

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Amgen Prize, 1995

Dupont Distinguished Lecturer, University of Indiana, 1995

Pound Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995

Upjohn Teaching Award, UW-Madison, Fall, 1995

American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award, 1995-97

Procter and Gamble University Exploratory Research Award, 1992-95

Exchange Fellowship Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Fellowship) (1995-1996)

Underkofler Award for Excellence in Teaching, UW System, 1995

Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1995

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1995

Recipient of the 5th Fred Basolo Lectureship and Medal, Northwestern University, 1995

Major Lecturer at Robert A. Welch Foundation Conference on Nanochemistry, 1995

Osborn R. Quayle Award, Emory University (1995)

Outstanding Student Scholarship, Peking University (1995, 1994)

American Chemical Society Regional Award, Rochester, NY, 1994

J. T. Majors Lecturer, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1994

High Polymer Physics Prize of the American Physical Society, 1994

National Science Foundation, Research Initiation Award, 1994

Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award, 1994

H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994-1999

Inaugural Speaker, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Japan, 1994

Upjohn Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin, 1994

Two-Year Extension for Special Creativity, 1991-1994

Keynote Lecturer, Biopolymers Gordon Research Conference, Newport, Rhode Island, 1994

Keynote Lecturer, 19th Annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, Lorne, Australia, 1994

Inaugural Stanley Gill Memorial Lecturer, University of Colorado, 1994

Keynote Lecturer, 19th Annual Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function, Lorne, Australia

Welch Foundation Lecturer, Conference on Chemical Dynamics, 1994

Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1990-94

Research Fellow - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1994-96

NSF Presidential Young Investigator, 1989-94

Beckman Young Investigator Award, 1994-96

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994

Recipient of the Hilldale Award in the Physical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994

National Science Council Distinguished Lecturer, Taiwan 1994

Dave McClain Research Award, American Heart Association, Wisconsin Affiliate  (1994)

UW - Madison Teaching Academy, 1994

South Carolina Academy of Science Special Citation in Appreciation of Significant Contributions to Science and Engineering Education, 1994

Hilldale Undergraduate Research Awards, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002 (with undergraduates K. Haug , W.-K. Woo, V. Chen, T. Huppert, L. Klein)

Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist, 1993-96

Guggenheim Fellow, 1993-94

Grand Valley State University, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, 1993

Beckman Young Investigator Award, from the Arnold and Mable Beckman Foundation (1993)

Upjohn Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1993

7th Place Westinghouse Science Talent Search Award, 1993.

Upjohn Award for Excellence in Teaching, UW-Madison Chemistry Department, 1993.

Peter Mark Memorial Award, American Vacuum Society, 1993

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1993

Max Planck Research Award (with Juergen Troe), 1993

Young Alumnus Award, Bethel College, 1993

American Physical Society Dillon Medal, 1993 (Division of Polymer Physics)

Norman Basset Award for Outstanding Achievement in Student Services, 1993

Member National Academy of Sciences, 1993

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1993

Merck Academic Development Program Award, 1993-94

Pfizer Research Award for Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 1993-96

Grand Valley State University, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, 1993

Dow Chemical Company Special Recognition Award, Agricultural Chemicals and Process Research 1992, Organic Chemicals and Polymers 1991

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1992

Departmental Teaching Award, 1992

Departmental Teaching Award, UW-Madison, Spring, 1992

Fellow of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Fellowship) (1992-1997)

(Second Annual) Patrick Lecturer, Kansas State University, 1992.

Upjohn Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1992

Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1992

University of Colorado, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, 1992

Evan Helfaer Chair of Chemistry, 1991-1996

American Chemical Society Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, 1991

Romnes Faculty Research Fellowship, UW-Madison, 1991-1996

Fellow - American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991

Shaw Scientist Award, Milwaukee Foundation, 1991-1996

Junior Faculty Research Award, American Cancer Society, 1991-1994

American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1989-91

James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry, 1991.

ACS George C. Pimentel Award in Chemical Education, 1991.

National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator, 1991

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Wisconsin, 1991

Appointed Hilldale Chair Professor by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, 1991

Recipient of Honorary Doctorate Degree, University of Louisville, 1991

Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science, 1991

ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry, 1991

Ripon College, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science, 1991

Presidential Young Investigator Award, from the National Science Foundation (1990)

WARF - University Houses Professorship, 1990

Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1990-1995

Searle Scholar Award, Chicago Community Trust, 1990-1993

Office of Naval Research Young Investigator, 1990

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1990 - 1992

Recipient of the First Alumnus Award from the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville, 1990

Recipient of the 1990 J. C. Bailar, Jr. Lectureship and Medal, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 1990

UW-Madison John D. Ferry Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1990 - present

Humboldt Research Award, 1989 and 2002

Phi Lambda Upsilon Fresenius Award, 1989

NSF Presidential Young Investigator, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1989-94

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, 1986-1989

University Houses chair, U. W., 1989

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1989

Fellow, American Physical Society, 1989

Recipient of the Paolo Chini Lectureship endowed by the Italian Society of Chemistry, Fall 1989

Recipient of the H. Willard Davis Lectureship, University of S. Carolina, 1989

Lucille P. Markey Scholar Award, 1988

"Biochemical Analysis" Prize for the German Society of Clinical Chemistry, presented at Biotechnica, 1988 and awarded jointly with Dr. Charles Cantor (1988)

Alexander von Humboldt Senior U. S. Scientist Award, 1988-89

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Young Faculty Award, 1988

NIH FIRST Award, 1988

Searle Scholar, 1988

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 1988

Fulbright Fellowship, 1988-92

A.C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society, 1988

Alexander von Humboldt Senior Award, 1988

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1988

Junior Faculty Development Award, University of Colorado, 1987

IBM Corporation Outstanding Innovation Award for Scientific Accomplishments with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy, 1987

Recipient of the P. C. Reilly Lectureship, University of Notre Dame, 1987

Alumni Merit Award, St. Louis University, 1987

Aid for Cancer Research Fellow  (1987-1989 -declined)

American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow  (1987-1989)

Alumni Distinguished Service Award, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire  (1987)

Alumni Distinguished Service Award, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1987

UW-Madison Faculty Teaching Award, 1986

Dreyfus Distinguished New Faculty Award, University of Colorado, 1986

Silver Medalist Award, Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, 1986.

Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award, 1986

Miller Research Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, 1985-86

UCLA Distinguished Scholar, 1984-85

Pegram Award (Columbia University), 1985

Recipient of a Senior U.S. Scientist Humboldt Award by the Alexander von-Humboldt-Stiftung, 1985

Recipient of the Sir Ronald Nyholm Lectureship and Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, 1985-86

Evan P. Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, 1985-91

Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA

A.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow, 1984

Corecipient with Christopher S. Gudeman of the Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, 1984

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1984-89

UW-Madison, Faculty Star Award, 1984-85

Winstein Dissertation Award, 1984

IBM Corporation Graduate Fellow, 1983-84

Mark Galler Award for Most Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation in the Physical Sciences, University of Chicago, 1984

Shell Faculty Fellow, 1984 - 1987

Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1984-88

NSF-Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1984-89

University of Colorado Research and Creative Work Award, 1983

University of Colorado Graduate Student Foundation Award, 1983

Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Health, 1981-1983

SF Graduate Fellow, 1980-83

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 1983

Named Distinguished Alumnus of the College of Letters and Science, University of Louisville, 1983

Recipient of the Brotherton Research Professorship, University of Leeds, 1983

University of Colorado Fellowship, 1982

Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan Association of Governing Boards, 1982.

Catalyst Award for Excellence in Science and Chemistry Teaching, Chemical Manufacturers Association, 1982.

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1982

Appointed "Kentucky Colonel" by Governor of Kentucky, 1982

Applied Spectroscopy Society William F. Meggars Award, 1981

Dreyfus Research Grant for Newly Appointed Faculty in Chemistry, 1981

NIH Predoctoral Trainee, September 1977 - March 1981

Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society, 1981

Phi Beta Kappa (Harvard University), 1981

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1981-83

Soroptimist Award, 1981

Boston University Collegium of Distinguished Alumni, 1981

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1980-81

Elected Fellow of the AAAS, 1980

Award for Outstanding work as Teaching Assistant, 1979 & 1980

McGregory Prize, Colgate University, 1979

Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1975-79

Romnes Faculty Fellow, U. W., 1979-83

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1979

Phi Lambda Upsilon Honorary Chemical Society, 1979

Science Faculty Professional Development Award, National Science Foundation, 1979.

Award as outstanding graduating chemistry, Colgate University, 1978

UW-Chair Professorship, July 1978 (Named after the late Robert E. Rundle, in recognition of former thesis advisor at Iowa State University)

Romnes Faculty Fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1978

(First Annual) Distinguished Faculty Award for Research, Publication, and Service, Eastern Michigan University, 1977.

Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin, 1976

First Award for Photochemistry of the Northeast ACS Section, 1975

Elected Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1975

American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry, 1974

DuPont Assistant Professor, 1972

Camille and Henry Dreyfus Fellowship, 1972-76

Danforth Fellowship, 1972

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, 1971

First H.L. Ritter Memorial Lecurer, Miami University (Ohio), 1971

Phi Beta Kappa, 1971

Canadian National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1968-70

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship, 1964-65

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellow 1968-70

First Distinguished Alumni Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Louisville, 1969

Guggenheim Fellow, 1969-1970

A. P. Sloan Fellow, 1968-70

ACS Award for Outstanding Performance by Divisions presented to the Division of Chemical Education

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard, 1967-68

Eastman-Kodak Award, MIT, 1967

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1965 (not used, went to Wisconsin)

Recipient of Walter Hielber (70th Birthday Retirement) Lecturership, Technischen Universitate M"nchen, 1965

NIH predoctoral fellowship, 1964-65

NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1962-65

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1963-65

NSF Predoctoral Fellow, MIT, 1963-67

NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1962

Gomberg Fellowship, University of Michigan, 1962

Phi Beta Kappa, 1961

NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1958-62

NSF Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Cambridge University (1956-1961)