| 2019 |
Fellow, The American Physical Society |
| 2018 |
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors |
| 2018 |
Fellow, AAAS |
| 2018 |
The Stillman Lecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| 2018 |
TASSA President’s Service Award, TASSA |
| 2017 |
Biocom Life Science Catalyst Award |
| 2017 |
Guggenheim Fellow, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |
| 2017 |
Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
| 2017 |
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) |
| 2017 |
Fellow, IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| 2016 |
Rahmi M. Koç Science Medal, Koç University & Vehbi Koç Foundation {Inaugural Recipient} |
| 2016 |
U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Committee Member, Session Chair |
| 2016 |
Mary Kay Foundation, Cancer Research Award |
| 2016 |
Ernst Abbe Lecture and Award, Carl Zeiss Foundation |
| 2016 |
Vodafone Americas Foundation, Wireless Innovation Award |
| 2016 |
IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecturer Award |
| 2016 |
U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Arab-American Frontiers of Science Fellowship |
| 2015 |
ICO Prize, International Commission for Optics |
| 2015 |
The World Economic Forum, Technology Pioneers List |
| 2015 |
Postdoctoral Scholars Mentoring Award, UCLA |
| 2015 |
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Microbiome Workshop, Invited Participant/Panelist |
| 2015 |
Microscopy Today, Innovation Award |
| 2015 |
The Kavli Foundation, Kavli Futures Symposium on Microbiome, Invited Participant/Panelist |
| 2014 |
HHMI Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| 2014 |
The Optical Society (OSA) Fellow |
| 2014 |
National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Japan-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Invited Participant |
| 2013 |
Microscopy Today Innovation Award |
| 2013 |
Selected Among 10 Breakthrough Technologies of The Year JALA Ten (presented by Journal of Laboratory Automation), |
| 2013 |
UCLA Chancellor.s Professorship |
| 2013 |
Fellow, SPIE |
| 2013 |
SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award .for his seminal contributions to computational imaging, sensing and bio-photonics technologies impacting telemedicine and global health challenges.. |
| 2012 |
IEEE NANOMED Conference, Best Paper Award, 2012 |
| 2012 |
National Academy of Engineering (NAE), The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award |
| 2012 |
World Technology Award on Health & Medicine, presented by the World Technology Network in association with TIME, CNN, AAAS, Science, Technology Review, Fortune and Kurzweil |
| 2012 |
Popular Science, Brilliant 10 Award |
| 2011 |
The Scientist, Top Innovation of the Year |
| 2011 |
SPIE Early Career Achievement Award in recognition of his pioneering contributions to non-destructive nonlinear material characterization techniques, nearfield and on-chip imaging and diagnostic systems. |
| 2011 |
Rockefeller Foundation and mHealth Alliance, Innovators Challenge Winner |
| 2011 |
Regional Health Care Innovation Challenge Award, The von Liebig Center, UCSD |
| 2011 |
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) |
| 2011 |
National Academy of Engineering (NAE), U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium – Invited Participant |
| 2011 |
Innovation Competition Award, World Reconstruction Conference, Geneva |
| 2011 |
Army Research Office (ARO), Young Investigator Award |
| 2010 |
Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award |
| 2010 |
PopTech Science and Public Leaders Fellowship |
| 2010 |
NSF CAREER Award |
| 2010 |
Netexplorateur Award, Netexplorateur Observatory and Forum, France |
| 2010 |
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Award |
| 2010 |
LAUNCH Health Innovation Award, presented by NASA, USAID, Department of State, and NIKE |
| 2010 |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Explorations Award |
| 2009 |
Vodafone Americas Foundation, Wireless Innovation Award |
| 2009 |
Office of Naval Research (ONR), Young Investigator Award |
| 2009 |
NIH Director.s New Innovator Award |
| 2009 |
MIT.s Technology Review Magazine, TR 35 Award |
| 2009 |
IEEE LEOS Young Investigator Award for his pioneering contributions to non destructive nonlinear material characterization techniques, near-field and on-chip imaging and diagnostic systems. |
| 2008 |
Outstanding paper award, Annual Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), 2008 |
| 2008 |
Okawa Foundation Award, Japan |
| 2006 |
Outstanding paper award, Gordon Research Conference, Lasers in Medicine and Biology |