Selected Honors and Awards:
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
1986 Distinguished Research Award of the UCI Alumni Association
Fellow of the American Physical Society. Elected 1993
Fellow of the American Vacuum Society. Elected 1998
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1999
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elected 2002
2003 Charles R. Bennett "Service Through Chemistry" Award, Orange County Section, ACS
2004 National ACS Award: "Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry"
2006, Chair Elect, Chemistry Section, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2007, Chair, Chemistry Section, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2006, American Vacuum Society, Medard W. Welch Award for Outstanding Theoretical and/or Experimental Research