*2015 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award, granted by the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation 
*2013 William H. Kiekhofer Distinguished Teaching Award, presented by University of Wisconsin-Madison 
*2010 Eli Lilly Grantee Award, conferred by Eli Lilly & Company 
*2010 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, granted by the Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation 
*2009 Amgen Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Amgen 
*2009 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 
*2008 Cottrell Scholar Award, presented by Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement (RCSA)
*2008 Beckman Young Investigator Award, granted by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
*2007 NSF CAREER Award, initiated through the National Science Foundation CAREER Awards