2022 American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS)
2022 Outstanding Achievement Award in Nanoscience (ACS, USA)
2021 Turnbull Lectureship (MaterialsResearch Society)
2021 Nanoscale Science and EngineeringForum Award (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
2020 National Academy of Investors
2020 Newton Award (Department of Defense)
2020 Alpha Chi Sigma Award (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
2018 Vannevar Bush Fellowship (US Department of Defense)
2018 Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award (Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
2018 Gold Prize in Mobile World Scholar Challenge (GSMA Co)
2017 Sigma Xi Honor Fellow (Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society)
2017 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Foundation)
2017 Van ‘t Hoff Lecture (Universities of Utrecht, Amsterdam, and Leiden)
2017 Colloid Chemistry Award (American Chemical Society, ACS)
2016 Stephanie Kwolek Award (Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
2016 August T Larssons Scholar (Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet)
2016 Fulbright Scholar (Fulbright Foundation and Commission)
2016 UNESCO Medal for Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies
2016 Rexford E. Hall Innovation Excellence Award (University of Michigan)
2014 MRS Medal (with Sharon Glotzer, Materials Research Society, MRS)
2014 Best of New Technologies Award (Popular Science)
2014 Highly Cited Researcher in Materials Science (Thompson Reuter)
2014 Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry (Thomson Reuter)
2014 Materials Research Society Fellow (Materials Research Society, MRS)
2014 MRL Seminar (California Institute of Technology)
2014 IIN Frontiers in Nanotechnology Lecture (Northwestern University)
2014 Fellow of the Materials Research Society (Materials Research Society, MRS)
2013 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC)
2013 Langmuir Lecturer Award (American Chemical Society, ACS)
2012 Stine Award for Materials Research (American Institute of Chemical Engineers, AICHE)
2012 Kennedy Family Research Team Award (University of Michigan)
2011 Top 100 Materials Scientists in 2000-2010 (Thomson Reuter)
2011 Top 100 Chemists in 2000-2010 (Thomson Reuter)
2009 Top 100 R&D Award (Small Business, R&D Magazine)
2009 Changjiang Scholar (Education Ministry of China)
2009 World University Fellow (Government of Korea)
2008 Gutenberg Award (Government of Alsace)
2008 Top 50 Award (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Nanotech Briefs)
2008 Top 10 Discoveries of the Year (Wired Magazine)
2007 College of Engineering Research Excellence Award (University of Michigan)
2007 Caddell Award (University of Michigan)
2006 Walton Award (Government of Ireland)
2006 Welliver Fellow (The Boeing Co.)
2006 Gran Prix, Materials Research Society Entrepreneurship Challenge (Materials Research Society, MRS)
2001 Junior Faculty Award for Academic and Scholarly Excellence (Oklahoma State University)
1998 National Science Foundation CAREER (National Science Foundation, NSF)
1996 Humboldt Fellow (Humboldt Foundation, Germany)
1986 Mendeleev Fellowship (Moscow State University)