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  *Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
  *Fellow, Royal Society of London (1994)
  *Award from the Inter-American Photochemical Society (1996)
  *Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry (1996)
  *Centenary Lecture, Royal Society of Chemistry (1996)
  *Max T. Rogers Distinguished Lectureship, Michigan State University (1997)
  *Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society (1998)
  *Harrison Howe Award in Physical Chemistry, ACS (1999)
  *Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society (2002)
  *Sierra Nevada Distinguished Chemist Award (2003)
  *Porter Medal, European Photochemistry Association (2004)
  *Member, United States National Academy of Sciences (2007)
  *Presidential Lecture, Iowa State University (2008)
  *Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science and Technology, American Chemical Society (2008)
  *Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical & Experimental Chemistry of Liquids, American Chemical Society (2009)