1. Marilyn C. & Raymond E. Davis memorial scholarship (Professional development award), UC Santa Cruz, CA, USA, 2012.
2. Travel grant, International Society Computational Biology, ISCB Latin America Conference, Santiago, CHILE, 2012.
3. The prize for Graduate Research in Biomedical Engineering, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, SACNAS Annual Conference, San Jose, CA, USA, 2011.
4. American Mathematical Society Travel grant, First International Meeting of the American Mathematical Society and the Sociedad de Matemática de Chile, Universidad de la Frontera, Pucón, CHILE, 2010.
5. Research Mentoring Institute Scholar, UCSC Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, 2008-2010.
6. The prize for Graduate Research in Genomics, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, SACNAS Annual Conference, Kansas City, USA, 2007.
7. First place, College of Science and Engineering Annual Showcase, SFSU, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2006.
8. Stanford Summer Research Program Scholar, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 2005.
9. Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement Scholar, SFSU, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2004-2008.
10. National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Berkeley, CA, USA,1993-1996.
11. UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Berkeley, CA, USA,1991-1993.
12. UC President’s Pre-doctoral Fellow, La Jolla, CA, USA,1990-1991.
13. UC San Diego Fellow, La Jolla, CA, USA, 1982-1984; 1985-1986.
14. UT Austin Fellow, Austin, TX, USA, 1984-1985.