*Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 1971–1973
*Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1984
*Member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1992
*Paul Walden Medal, 1997
*Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods, 2004
*Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2005
*Order of the Three Stars, Republic of Latvia, 2006
*Elected fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2011