Elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on January 16 2008

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mallinckrodt Professor
of Physics and of Applied Physics, 2006 to present.

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gordon McKay Professor
of Applied Physics and Professor of Physics, 1999 to 2006.

2004 Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award, awarded by the American Association of Physics Teachers. Award citation in the Physics Teacher, Vol. 42, Number 5, page 265, May 2004.

Appointed to the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences, April 2002.

MacArthur Fellow, appointed by the MacArthur Foundation, October 2001.

The NKT award, awarded by the Danish Physical Society, June 1, 2001.

The Ole Rømer Medal, awarded by the president of the University of Copenhagen, May 23, 2001.

Honorary Degree, Æreshåndværker Kjøbenhavns Håndværkerforening, awarded in the
presence of Her Majesty, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark,Copenhagen, May 22, 2001.

Recipient of the Year 2000 Award from
the TopDanmark Foundation, Copenhagen Denmark, June 19, 2000.

Recipient of the J.C. Jacobsen 200 Year Anniversary Award, Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark, 1989.