 2008 |
 Bomem-Michelson Award |
| 2008 |
Association for Women in Science Fellow |
| 2007 |
Guggenheim Fellow |
| 2006 |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Elected Fellow |
| 2006 |
Council on Chemical Research Diversity Award |
| 2005 |
American Chemical Society Award for Encouraging Women in the Chemical Sciences |
| 2004 |
Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), Spiers Medal, Faraday Division |
| 2004 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Fellow |
| 2002 |
American Chemical Society, Spectrochemical Analysis Award |
| 2001 |
Oregon Academy of Science, Oregon Outstanding Scientist Award |
| 2001 |
ADVANCE Leadership Award, National Science Foundation |
| 2000 |
Research Creativity Award, National Science Foundation |
| 1998 |
Soroptomist International, Women Helping Women Award |
| 1997 |
Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Engineering Mentoring, White House |
| 1997 |
College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Award, Kansas State University |
| 1996 |
Francis P. Garvan Medal of the American Chemical Society |
| 1993 |
Agnes Faye Morgan Research Award (Iota Sigma Pi Honorary Society) |
| 1993 |
American Physical Society Fellow |
| 1991 |
Faculty Award for Women Scientists and Engineers, National Science Foundation |
| 1991 |
Research Creativity Award, National Science Foundation |
| 1989 |
Coblentz Society Spectroscopy Award |
| 1986 |
Chemistry Department Alumni Award, Kansas State University |
| 1986 |
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
| 1985 |
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation |
| 1985 |
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow |
| 1982 |
Rosalyn Schwartz Award, Bryn Mawr College |
| 1983 |
Junior Faculty Research Award, Bryn Mawr College |
| 1977 |
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UC Berkeley |