The Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) Excellence in Flavor Science Award, 2012.
Life Time Achievement Award: Rutgers Food Science Alumni Committee, 2013
Merit Award of the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, 2012.
Elected Fellow: American Chemical Society, 2010.
Elected Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2014.
Elected Fellow: International Academy of Food Science & Technology, 2006.
ACS Award for the Advancement of Application of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: American Chemical Society, 2005.
Elected Fellow: Institute of Food Technologists, 2003.
IFT Stephen S. Chang Award for Lipid or Flavor Science: Institute of Food Technologists, 2002.
Thomas Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in Agricultural Sciences, 2002-2012, 2014, 2015, 2016.
The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014
2009 Excellent Team Award “Partnership for Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa through Natural Products Development,” School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 2009.
Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey: Rutgers University, May 2, 2002.
Spotlight Award for Research Excellence: Cook College, Rutgers University, April 1998.
Fellow Award: Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, September 1988.
Honorary Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, 2010.
