• Tribute Tree, University of Missouri, honoring Robert Sharp and Vicki Bryan (IPG Coordinator) for leadership of the IPG from 2011-2022. Gift from the IPG  (2022)
  • CAFNR Proud Award, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, University of Missouri (2021)
  • Faculty Award, Mizzou Alumni Association, University of Missouri (2020)
  • Extraordinary Professor, Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa (2019)
  • Curators’ Professorship, University of Missouri (2019)
  • Brady J. Deaton Fellow in International Agriculture, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri (2019)
  • Roger L Mitchell Fellow, College of Agricuclture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri (2018)
  • “Harold Woolhouse Lecture”, Department of Plant Science, University of Adelaide, Australia (2015)
  • Fellow, American Society of Plant Biologists (2014)
  • Frederick B. Mumford Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri (2007)
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007)
  • Distinguished Award in Research, Gamma Sigma Delta (The Honor Society of Agriculture), University of Missouri (2003)
  • Researcher of The Year Award, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri (1995)
  • Junior Faculty Research Award, Gamma Sigma Delta (The Honor Society of Agriculture), University of Missouri (1993)
  • Panel Manager, USDA/NRI Plant Responses to the Environment Program, 1996
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Botany (1995-present)
  • Editorial Board (1989-1992), Monitoring Editor (1992-1998), Associate Editor (1993-1994), Plant Physiology
  • President’s Medal, Society for Experimental Biology (U.K.) (1991)