David’s research in chemical dynamics has been recognised by several awards, including the Marlow Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1995), the Corday-Morgan Medal (1997), the Chemical Dynamics Award (2009), and the Annual Prize of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science (2000). He was elected a Fellow of Royal Society in 2011 and a Member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science in 2013. He has been an Associate Editor of the Journal of Chemical Physics since 2008, and a Deputy Editor since 2015.