*Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1998)
*Member of Academia Sinica (1998)
*Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011)
*Fellow of American Physics Society (1977)
*Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA) (2009)
*The Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics (2004)
*The MRS Materials Theory Award (2019)
*Humboldt Foundation Award (1978)
*Guggenheim Fellowship (1983)