Spiers Medal Royal Society (2005)

Arthur K. Doolittle Award (2004)

Scientific American Top 50 (2002)

ISI Highly Cited Researcher (since 2002)

Commendation from Governor Gray Davis (2002)

Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences (2001)

LA Business Journal Technologist of the Year (2001)

Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology (2000)

Jules Springer Prize for Applied Physics (2000)

Fellow of the American Physical Society (1999)

Vanity Fair Magazine Hall of Fame (1999)

Seaborg Award (1997)

Sloan Fellowship (1997)

Packard Fellowship (1994)

NSF-NYI Award (1994)

Miller Fellowship (1988)

Rice Univ. Graduate Award for the Discovery of C60, the fullerenes, and La @ C60 (1987)