Awards & Honors

Awards and honors 

  • Regents' Professor at Arizona State University (2012)
  • Robinson Cosmology Prize (2011)
  • Fellowship of University College London (2011)
  • Bicentenary Medal of Chile (2011)
  • Klumpke-Roberts Prize, Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2011)
  • DSc honoris causa, Chapman University, California (2009)
  • Member of the Order of Australia (2007)
  • DSc honoris causa, Macquarie University, Sydney (2006)
  • Trotter Prize, Texas A & M University (2004)
  • Wilbur Award for religious-themed media, USA (2004)
  • Most Beautiful Export Award, Australia (2003)
  • J.K. Russell Fellowship, CTNS, Berkeley (2003)
  • American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award (2003)
  • Michael Faraday Award, The Royal Society (2002)
  • Nomination, Australian of the Year (2002)
  • Kelvin Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, UK (2001)
  • The Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion (1995) 
  • Templeton - CTNS Book Prize (1995)
  • Advance Australia Award for outstanding contributions to science (1993)
  • Eureka Prize for the Promotion of Science (Australia) (1992)
  • Eureka Book Prize (Australia) (1991)
  • Glaxo Science Writers Fellowship (UK) (1983)
  • Asteroid 1992 OG renamed (6870) Pauldavies