2022 Nominated as one of the Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology’s Excellence Alumni Award
2022 Recipient of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship (3M NTF/STLHE)
2022 Recipient of the TRU 20 Year-Service Award
2020 Nominated and selected as one of the 50 Influencers (Celebrating TRU50 Anniversary)
2019-2020 Recipient of the TRU Faculty Excellence Award
2020 Recipient of 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 of the TRU 15 Year-Service Award
2016 Recipient of the TRU Faculty Award in Excellence for Internationalization
2014 Recipient of the TRU Faculty Award in Undergraduate Research Mentor
2013 Recipient of the TRU Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship
2010 Recipient of the Microsoft “Make Canada Great” competition
2009 Recipient of the Travel Grant Award – American Society for Microbiology Biology Scholar Program
Awards and Honours (Before 2009)