Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin

Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin

Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics

Elected Fellow, Magdalen College Oxford

Chartered Physicist

Zonta Amelia Earhart Award

Senior Scholar, Lincoln College Oxford

Royal Television Society Baird Scholarship

The Hewlett-Packard award for Innovation in Electronic Engineering

Institute of Chemistry of Ireland Gold Medal for First Place in Ireland in Leaving Certificate Chemistry