1999: Excellent in Research Award, State University of New York at Stony Brook
2001: Invited talk: 92nd American Association for Cancer Research, New Orleans
2001: Beckman Fellowship Award ($360,000), Department of Radiation Oncology/Radiation Research, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte
2004: Invited talk: Beckman fellow symposium at Institute of California Technology, Pasadena, CA
2005: Invited talk: College of Life Science and College of Chemistry, Jilin University, China.
2007: Invited talk: Cell & Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collion