- Elected Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2023
- Stanford University Top 2% Scientists, 2020
- NSF Special Creativity Extension Award, September 2017
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, January 2011
- 2011 Lake Forest College Richard W. Hantke Alumni Teacher Award, October 2011
- LSU Distinguished Research Master (LSU’s highest research award), April 2011
- LSU Alumni Association Professorship (LSU’s 2nd-highest faculty rank), January 2007–present
- LSU Faculty Fellow (Provost Appointment), January 2009 to 2012
- LSU Distinguished Faculty Award, May 2003
- LSU College of Basic Sciences Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, March 2002
- LSU College of Basic Sciences Faculty Research Award, March 1998
- Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Award, 1993
- National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Chemistry, 1991–1992
- The American Chemical Society Analytical Division Summer Fellowship, 1990
- The Electrochemical Society/Department of Energy Summer Energy Fellowship, 1989
- Department of Education Fellowship, University of North Carolina, 1989
- The North Carolina-American Chemical Society Centennial Scholarship, 1989
- The Charles N. Reilley-Upjohn Award in Analytical Chemistry, 1987
- Phi Beta Kappa (academic honor society), 1986
- Sigma Xi (scientific research honor society), 1986
- Phi Sigma Iota (foreign language honor society), 1985