- Case Alumni Fellowship: Case western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (1986)

- Government Fellowship for Oversea Education Program, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (1984-1987)

- The Best Research Paper Award, The Polymer Society of Korea (1994)

- The 1st Samsung Polymer Science Award (2005)

- Excellent Researcher Award, Seoul National University (2008)

- KOSEF's Excellent Research- The top 50 achievement, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (2008)

- The fifth KSIEC Award, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (2008)

- Excellent Researcher Award, Seoul National University (2010)

- The scientist of the month Award (July 2010), Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010)