Awards:
2016: Otto Moensted Visiting Professorship at the Danish Technical University (DTU), Otto Moensted Foundation, Denmark
2011: Defense Programs Award of Excellence, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), USA, as part of the Process Engineering and Design for Improved Component Testing (PREDICT) team, "in recognition of significant achievements in quality, productivity, cost savings, safety, or creativity in support of NNSA's programs"
2010: Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists, Humboldt Foundation, Germany, "in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline"
1997: Fulbright Scholarship. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, USA