American Chemical Society Award, American Chemical Society, 2011-2011
Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Senior Scientist Award, Institute for Process Engineering (Beijing University), 2010-2010
Frederick Moody Blackmon-Sarah McCorkley Moody Outstanding Professor Award, Frederick Moody Blackmon (University of Alabama), 2009-2009
Fellow of the American Chemical Society Award, American Chemical Society, 2009-2009
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2006-2006
Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (Academic) (A Platform Strategy Utilizing Ionic Liquids to Dissolve and Process Cellulose for Advanced New Materials), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2005-2005