Professional Awards

• "Top Professor" Award by Mortar Board-Azalea Chapter
  University of South Alabama, November 2011
   
• Alternative Sponsor Fellowship Program
  for the US Heavy Flavor Physics Program by
  The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S.A.
   
• "Top Professor" Award by Mortar Board-Azalea Chapter
  University of South Alabama, March 2011
   
• American Astronomical Society
  Harlow Shapley Colloquium Speaker Awards
  Washington D.C., U.S.A.
   
• American Physical Society
  APS Colloquium Speaker Awards
  Washington D.C., U.S.A.
   
• Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics
  Hengstberger Symposium Speaker Invitation Awards
  Heidelberg University, Germany.
   
• The U.S. Department of Energy
  American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (CO-PI)
  Washington D.C., U.S.A.
   
• The U.S. Department of Energy
  High Energy Physics Base Grant (CO-PI)
  Washington D.C., U.S.A.
   
• The University of South Alabama
  College of Arts and Sciences Special Faculty Development Awards
  Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
   
• The University of South Alabama
  USA Research Council Award
  Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
   
• Alabama EPSCoR
  Annual Conference and Stakeholder Symposium Travel Awards
  Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
   
• The University of South Alabama
  University Committee on Undergraduate Research
  Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
   
• The University of South Alabama
  College of Arts and Sciences Support and Development Award
  Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
   
• The University of South Alabama
  Full Membership on the Graduate Faculty
  Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
   
• The University of South Alabama
  College of Arts and Sciences' Professional Development Award
  Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A.
   
• The University of Mississippi
  Recognition Award
  Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.A.
   
• International Graduate Fellowship
  Horizons International Award
  Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
   
• Graduate Study Scholarship
  The U.S.A. Scholarship for International Graduate Study
  Virginia Tech, Virginia, U.S.A.
   
• Undergraduate Study Scholarship
  Supersemar for Highest Academic Achievement
  University of North Sumatra, Indonesia.