* Named to the PharmaVoice 100 (2022) 
* Elected American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow (2020) 
* International Scientific Cooperation Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2020)
* USC Undergraduate Mentor Award (2019)
* Awarded Magnolia Gold Award of Shanghai (2019) 
* Biophysical Society 2019 Anatrace Membrane Award  
* National PKU Alliance Award (2018)  
* The Protein Society, Stein and Moore Award (2018)  
* Outstanding Faculty Award Shanghai Tech University (2017)  
* Awarded Magnolia Silver Award of Shanghai (2017) 
* International Scientific Collaboration Award of Shanghai (2016)
* Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (2016) 
* Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher, 2014 (biology & biochemistry); 2015 (biology & biochemistry; pharmacology & toxicology) and 2016 (biology & biochemistry; pharmacology & toxicology)
* Qian Ren Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Shanghai, China) (2002)
* Beckman Young Investigators Award (1994)
* National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award (1994)
* Sidhu Award (1992)