Honours
2022: Mawson Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, for “outstanding contributions to Earth science in Australia”.
2020: Edward Bullard Lecturer, American Geophysical Union.
2019: Axford Medal, Asia Oceania Geoscience Society, for “academic excellence and unselfish scientific cooperation in Asia and Oceania”
2018 - 2019: Excellent researcher, Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
2013: Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand
2013: Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2011 - 2015: Guest Professor, Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Japan
2010 - present: Listed in Who’s Who in the World
2009: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Senior Invited Fellow
2009: Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (London)
2001: Philip Leverhulme Prize
2000: U.S. National Science Foundation Antarctic Service Medal
1989: Royal Society of New Zealand Young Scientists’ Award