PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers, for the book High-Energy Astrophysics (2010). Sir Thomas Lyle Fellow (Australia) for Distinguished International Visitors (2008). Erskine Fellow (New Zealand) for Distinguished International Visitors (2007). Book Series Editor for Theoretical Astrophysics, with the University of Chicago Press (2005 - present). Galileo Circle Fellow, the highest recognition awarded by the College of Science (2005). The Edge of Infinity selected as one of the year's best astronomy books worldwide, Astronomy 2005 Special Issue. The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy selected as one of the Outstanding Academic Books of 2003, by the American Library Association. Associate Editor, The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2002 - 2007). Fellow of the American Physical Society (2002). Miegunyah Fellow (Australia) for Distinguished Fundamental Researchers (1999 - 2001). Sir Thomas Lyle Fellow (Australia) for Distinguished International Visitors (1998 - 1999). Scientific Editor, The Astrophysical Journal (1996 - 2002). College of Science Distinguished Teaching Award, The University of Arizona (1998). Invited member of the Defense Science Study Group, Institute for Defense Analysis (1996 - 1997). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow in Physics (1989). Presidential Young Investigator Award in Physics, from the National Science Foundation (1988). Arthur H. Compton Fellow, the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago (1987). Australian Commonwealth Postgraduate Research Award (1979). The Dixson Research Scholarship, top graduating Physics student, Melbourne University (1979). The John Tyndall Scholarship for advanced study and research, Melbourne University (1979). The Professor Kernot Scholarship, awarded to the top student, Melbourne University (1979). Class Valedictorian, School of Physics, Melbourne University (1978). The Dixson Research Scholarship, top student in Applied Mathematics, Melbourne University (1976). Australian Commonwealth Secondary Scholarship, St. John's College (1972). Australian Commonwealth Junior Scholarship, St. John's College (1970). The Andre Coindre Scholarship for General Proficiency, St. John's College (1969).