text: * Khwarizmi International Award,   
  * Distinguished National Professor, 1997,
  * The first-class Research Medal, University of Tehran, 2003,
  * National Eminent Character 2003,
  * First-rank basic science research medal in Annual Razi Medical Sciences Research Festival 2005,
  *Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame, 2005
  * Top Researcher Elsevier-Scopus International Award in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology, 2007,
  * First Rank Avicenna Festival Award as Top Researcher 2008,
  * Member of Academy of Sciences of Iran, 2009,
  * National eminent researcher first- rank award conferred in National Research Festival by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iran, 2009,
  *Chosen as Eminent Professor of University of Tehran 2010,
  * distinguished Professor appointed by Iran's National Elites Foundation 2012,
  * Essential Science Indicators (ESI) 1% citation scientist in the field of Biology and Biochemistry since 2013,
  * TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) Fellow 2015,
  * IAS (The Islamic Academy of Sciences) Fellow 2016 
  * COMSTECH Award for Lifetime Achievement Award in Chemistry 2021