Kris is a recipient of the Cornforth Medal from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (2008), the NIH Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award (2008), a Kavli Fellow of the 19th German-American Frontiers of Science (2014), the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award (2015), a Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (2017), the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (2018), and the Dean's award for Research Excellence (2020). His research interests include the design and development of model extracellular matrices and dynamic hydrogels for cell and tissue engineering, and fundamental studies in cell plasticity including.