2022 - van’t Hoff Award, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, The Netherlands
2021 - Invited Speaker, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Nobel Workshop on Chiral Matter
2021 - US National Academy of Sciences, Elected Member
2021 - Humboldt-Forschungspreis, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
2020 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Elected Member
2020 - Oparin Medal of the International Society for Studies on the Origin of Life (ISSOL)
2019 - Bristol Chemical Synthesis Syngenta Award
2019 - IUPAC Award for Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
2018 - Irving Wender Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, PCCS
2016 - American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elected Member
2016 - Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists
2016 - Gabor A. Somorjai Award for Creative Research in Catalysis, American Chemical Society
2013 - US National Academy of Engineering Elected Member
2013 - Simons Investigator, Simons Foundation Collaboration on the Origins of Life
2009 - Royal Society of Chemistry Physical Organic Chemistry Award
(Sir Christopher Ingold Award)
2007 - Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
2005 - Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, National Science Foundation
2003 - Paul Rylander Award, Organic Reactions Catalysis Society
2001 - Paul H. Emmett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, North American Catalysis Society
1998 - Max-Planck-Society Award for Outstanding Women Scientists
1989 - BP America Faculty Fellowship
1985 - National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award
1981 - National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1976 - National Merit Scholarship