The HPCwire Editor’s Choice Awards: Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences (2024) 

Member, Board of Trustees, Almarai Scientific Innovation Award (2023–present) 

Member, NEOM x CARE's Council – Sustainable Food Prize (2023–present) 

Chair, International Advisory Committee, Huazhong Agricultural University, China (2022–present) 

Elected Foreign Fellow, Indian National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2022) 

Regents Professor, University of Arizona (2019–present) 

Honorary Professor, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Australia (2016–present) 

International Beijing Da Bei Nong Technology Group Science & Technology Award (2015) 

AXA Chair in Genome Biology and Evolutionary Genomics, AXA Research Foundation (2014–2019) 

Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010) 

Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (2009–2010) 

First Holder of the Shennong Professorship, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China (2006–present) 

First Holder, Bud Antle Endowed Chair of Excellence in Agriculture and Life Science, University of Arizona (2005–present) 

USS Arizona Outstanding University Achievement Honoree – Rice Genome Sequencing Project (2005) 

U.S. Representative, International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (2003–2005) 

USDA Secretary’s Award 

First Holder of the Robert and Lois Coker Endowed Chair of Molecular Genetics, Clemson University (1996–2002) 

Scientific Advisory Board Member, TIGR – Arabidopsis Genome Sequencing Project (1996–1998) 

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