text: *2024: Humboldt Research Award
  *2018: Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement (University of Illinois)
  *2015: Ho-Am Prize in Science (HOAM Foundation)
  *2014: The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds (Thomson Reuters)
  *2013: KCS Academic Achievement Award (Korean Chemical Society)
  *2012: POSCO TJ Park Prize (POSCO TJ Park Foundation)
  *2012: Korea's 100 Most Influential Person for Next 10 Years (DongA Daily News)
  *2010: Inchon Prize (Inchon Memorial Foundation)
  *2007: Song-Gok Science Prize (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
  *2004: KCS Award in Inorganic Chemistry (Korean Chemical Society) 
  *2002: Young Scientist Award, Korean Academy of Science and Technology
  *2001: Wiley Young Chemist Award (Korean Chemical Society-Wiley & Sons)