Year	Distinction	Awarding Body
2017	The 2017 Award for Research Excellence	Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada
2016	Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP)	The Institute of Physics (IOP), UK
2016	Lady Davis Fellow & L. D. Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ($7,000)	Lady Davis Fellowship Trust,  Israel
2016	National Acfas-NSERC Prize “La preuve par l’image” ($2,000)	Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas), Québec – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSRC)
2010	Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)	Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2009	MGMS Silver Jubilee Prize	Molecular Graphics and Molecular Simulation Society (MGMS), UK
2004	John Charles Polanyi Prize in Chemistry	Council of Ontario Universities (COU), The Government of Ontario, Canada
2004­­­­–2006	Izaak Walton Killam Fellow (Chemistry)	The Killam Trusts, Canada
2005, 2003	BioVision-Next Science Fellow “Bio-Leaders of Tomorrow”	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) & The World Life Science Forum
2003–2004	Chemistry Teaching Fellowship Award	University of Toronto, Canada
2004, 2001	IUCr Young Scientist Travel Awards	International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
2003	Dept. of Chemistry Nominee for the University Distinguished Thesis Award	McMaster University, Canada
2001	Finalist: Schrödinger Prize	American Chemical Society and the Chemical Computing Group, Inc.
2001	Finalist: “Dean of Science Award for Academic Excellence in Graduate Work”	McMaster University, Canada
2001	Centennial Scholar	McMaster University, Canada

2014  Special Honor:  Delivered the presentation speech for the Degree of Doctor of Letters, Honoris Causa, to Nobel Laureate Professor Ada Yonath from Mount Saint Vincent University in the Convocation of 16 May 2014.