2011: Trophy and Gold Cross Medal International Order of Merit of the Inventors – IOMI “ INVENT AND SERVE” and The Officer Degree of the International Order of Merit of Inventors “Gold Cross of Merit with Blue Neck Ribbon” from International Federation of Inventors’ Association [IFIA], Korea
2011: Special Prize 2010 from The Korean Invention Promotion Association [KIPA], Korea
2011: Distinguished Woman in Chemistry/ Chemical Engineering on the occasion of the international year of chemistry celebration from International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
2011: N.D. Zelinsky award by the Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry (ZIOC), Russia
2009: The Ramazzini Award from the Collegium Ramazzini, Italy
2009: The Windaus Award from the Organic Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry Society of the Georg-August Göttingen University and the German Chemical Society, Germany
2007: The Golden Honour Ring of the Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria
2007: Albert Hofmann Centennial Gold Medal, Zurich, Switzerland
2006: Nagoya Medal Special Award, Nagoya University, Japan
2006: IFCS Special Recognition Award, Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS), Budapest, Hungary
2004: CISAC Gold Medal Award, Korea
2002: The Highest Cultural Award, China
2002: EMS-Hollaender International Fellow Award, the Environmental Mutagen Society, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.
1990: The Tree of Learning award, Australia
1986: Einstein Gold Medal of UNESCO