Awards:

2022: Rocky Mountain Reproductive Sciences Symposium Keynote Lecturer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO

2021: The Arnold Theiler Memorial Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa

2020: University of Missouri Faculty Author Event honoree (Mitochondrial Inheritance, Springer-Nature 2019)

2020: Mizzou Athletics Classroom Champion honor presented by MU athletic director Jim Stark at Mizzou Arena basketball game January 7, 2020

2019: Elected Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2018: Named Honorary Citizen by major of his native home town of Beckov, Slovakia

2017: Honorary Professorship, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru, the oldest University in all of Americas, established in 1551

2016: Professorem Hospitem (Guest Lecturer/Honorary Visiting Professor), Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine Pilsen, Czech Republic