Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2025

Fellow, International Society for Computational Biology, 2022.

Jerome Sacks Award for Outstanding Cross-Disciplinary Research, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (one awardee each year), 2017.

Pao-Lu Hsu Award, International Chinese Statistical Association, 2016

Distinguished Achievement Award, International Chinese Statistical Association. 2012.

Morningside Gold Medal for Applied Mathematics, 2010. To outstanding mathematicians of Chinese decent under age 45, honored once every 3 years. ICCM 2010.

Kuwait Lecturer, Cambridge University, 2008.

Fellow, American Statistical Association, 2005.

Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2004.

Bernoulli Lecturer, Bernoulli Society, 2004.

ISI most-cited mathematical scientists 2003.

The 2002 COPSS Presidents’ Award. Given annually and jointly by five leading statistical societies in the north America to a young individual (under age 40) in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession of statistics.

The 2002 IMS Medallion Lecturer. Each year IMS nominates 8 Medallion lectures (also known as Special Invited Lectures) in fields across the IMS’s subject range for presentations in different statistical meetings， 2002.

Chang-Jiang Visiting Professor, Peking University， 2001-2006.

The 2000 Mitchell Prize for the Best Bayesian Application Paper, 2000.

Terman Fellow, Stanford University, 1995-1998.

CAREER AWARD, National Science Foundation, 1995-1998.

AMS-SIAM selection program winner, Beijing, 1985.