* Science and the Skeptic on 2023 longlist [https://www.slj.com/story/Two-Titles-Share-Inaugural-Russell-Freedman-Award-for-Nonfiction-for-a-Better-World Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World! An Award of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators].
* 2020 longlist [https://www.sbfprize.org/blog/2019/10/23/longlist-for-2020-middle-grades-science-book-award-announced-4w8wt-5dbjk-rpg5b AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Middle Grades Science Books]
* Guest on NPR's "Where we Live" show about [http://wnpr.org/post/living-lights-bioluminescence-and-biofluorescence bioluminescence] 
* Professor, Semester at Sea, Spring ’12, Summer 13, Fall 16 and Fall '23 voyages
* ACS Western Connecticut Visiting Scientist Award for 2013
* The [http://www.princetonreview.com/best-professors.aspx Princeton Reviews Best 300 Professors]', 2012
* Huffington Post’s one of [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/06/princeton-review-ratemyprofessor-profs_n_1408972.html "13 of the best college professors in the country"], 2012
* Carnegie Foundation and Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Connecticut, Professor of the Year, 2007
* [http://cvs-acs.sites.acs.org/apps/blog/show/16785657-burlew-award-first-call-for-nominations John S. Burlew Connecticut Valley Section Award] to recognize outstanding contributions to chemistry, 2005
* Program Chair, Inorganic Division, American Chemical Society, 1999-2003