2007 - Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize for science communication 2008 - Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2008 Birthday Honours 2013 - Warwick Prize for Writing, shortlist, Pathfinders 2014 - RISE leader award[37] 2013 - Honorary Doctor of Science, Royal Holloway, University of London[23] 2016 - Inaugural winner of the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication[38] 2017 - Honorary Doctorate, University of York[39] 2018 - Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)[5] 2019 - Honorary Doctor of Science, University of St Andrews[40] 2019 - Outstanding Achievement in Science & Technology at The Asian Awards.[41]