He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014 and became the first UK scientist to receive the DSM Materials Science Award in 2016. Since then, he has been awarded the 2017 ECIS-Solvay Prize, the 2018 RSC Macro Group Prize for outstanding achievement, the 2018 Royal Society Armourers and Brasiers' Company Prize, the 2020 RSC Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award, the 2020 SCI ‘Innovation in Formulation Award’ and the 2021 Sir Eric Rideal Lectureship (a lifetime achievement award).