| 2009 | Fellow of the Optical Society of America |
| Links: | List of 2009 Fellows |

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| 2006 | Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship |
| | Australian Research Council , Australia |
| Links: | UQ news |

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| 2004 | University of Queensland Foundation Research Excellence Award |
| | University of Queensland Foundation, Australia |
| Links: | Presentation Video |

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| 1998 | Australian National University Medal: J. G. Crawford Prize |
| | Australian National University, Australia |
| | The J. G. Crawford Prize Fund was established in 1973 to recognise Sir John Crawford's outstanding contribution to the Australian National University, successively as Director of the Research School of Pacific Studies for seven years and as Vice-Chancellor for five years.
Three prizes are awarded annually to two PhD and one Masters degree students, admitted by the Council to their degrees in the previous year. The recipients courses of study have been composed of, or included, research and the preparation of a thesis.
Academic excellence is the basic criterion for the award of the Prizes.
The Prize consists of a medal manufactured by the Australian Mint. |
| Links: | 1997 J. G. Crawford Prize |

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| 1996 | The Australian Optical Society Postgraduate Student Travel Prize |
| | Australian Optical Society, Australia |
| | To attend the Les Houches Conference "Second order nonlinear optics". |

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| 1995 | Visiting Doktorand |
| | Universität Konstanz, Germany |
| | Six month research scholarship from the Universität Konstanz. |

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| 1994 | Kurzstipendium |
| | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany |
| | Six month research scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (to 1995). |

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| 1992 | Student Travel Award |
| | Australian Institute of Physics: ACT Branch., Australia |

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| 1991 | Scholarship for PhD research |
| | Australian National University, Australia |

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| 1989 | Vacation Scholarship in Nuclear Physics |
| | Australian National University, Australia |
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| 1986 | Leo Howard Memorial Vacation School |
| | University of Queensland, Australia |