2020 Nominated and selected as one of theTRU 50 Influencers (Celebrating TRU50 Anniversary)
2019-2020 Recipient for the TRU Faculty Excellence Award
2020 Recipient for the D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning (D2L/STLHE)
2019 Nominee for the 2019 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Award for Applied and Biotechnological Research
2017 Nominee for the 17th International Congress of Speleology (ICS)-UIS prizes, nominated by members of the BC Federation of Speleology for the most significant publication about caves or a karst-related topic and special book category
2017 Nominee for the 2018 Carski Foundation Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
2017 Recipient for the TRU 15 Year-Service Award
2016 Recipient for the TRU Faculty Award in Excellence for Internationalization
2014 Recipient for the TRU Faculty Award in Undergraduate Research Mentor
2013 Recipient for the TRU Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship
2010 Recipient for the Microsoft “Make Canada Great” competition
2009 Recipient for the Travel Grant Award – American Society for Microbiology Biology Scholar Program
Awards and Honours (Before 2009)