He was elected a Fellow of the American Association For the Advancement of Science in 2015. He received the Harold C. Fritts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tree-Ring Society in 2016. He received the Harold Biswell Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Association for Fire Ecology in 2016.
In 2015, he was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association For the Advancement of Science. In 2016, he received prestigious awards: the Harold C. Fritts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tree-Ring Society and the Harold Biswell Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Association for Fire Ecology.