The Chinese National Science Fund for Distinguished Oversea Young Scholars (2003)

The Gary C. Comer Abrupt Climate Change Fellowship (2007)

Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureates 2014 Highly Cited Researcher

Thomson Reuters China Citation Laureates 2014 International Citation Impact Award  (The only one from the entire Chinese geoscience community up to now)

Sanqin Friendship Award (2014)

Geochemical Fellow of Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry (2015)

Ten major scientific and technological progresses of China's colleges and Universities (2016)

Highly Cited Researches (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) (Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics)

Highly Cited Scholars in China (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018) (Elsevier)

AGU Fellow (2017)

Best Researcher Award    Xi’an Jiaotong University （2018）

MEL Distinguished Visiting Fellowship (2019)

AGU Eminiani Lecture （2019） (to honor the life and work of the renowned paleoceanography/paleoclimate researcher)