| 2015 | Scientist of the Year, Harvard Foundation |
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| 2014 | Pappalardo Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2014 | Benjamin Dean Lecturer, California Academy of Sciences |
| 2013 | Bishop Lecturer, Columbia University |
| 2009 | Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| 2009 | Collins Lecturer, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| 2008 | Inaugural “Scholar–in–Residence” at WGBH, Boston |
| 2008– | Microsoft Academic Partner |
| 2008 | Apple Science Innovator Award |
| 2008 | Chair, Astronomy Section of the AAAS |
| 2006 | NCSA Distinguished Lecturer, National Center for Supercomputer Applications |
| 2005 | Deanś Distinguished Lecturer, Harvard School of Public Health |
| 2004 | Sturm Lecturer, Wesleyan University |
| 1998 | Bok Prize, Harvard University |
| 1997 | Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, American Astronomical Society |
| 1994–2000 | National Science Foundation Young Investigator |
| 1994 | Pedagogical Innovation Award, Harvard University |
| 1993–1995 | Alfred P. Sloan Fellow |
| 1989–1991 | President’s Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1990 | First Prize Paper, NATO ASI on Star Formation |
| 1986–1989 | Amelia Earhart Fellowships from Zonta International |
| 1985 | Francis Lee Freidman Award in Physics, Harvard University |
| 1983 | Sigma Pi Sigma, MIT |