Fundacion Alejandro Angel Escobar, Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences Prize, September 2007.
Postdoctoral fellowship, ITAMP 2005-2008.
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (DAMOP thesis prize), American Physical Society, 2005.
Cooperative Fellowship NIST/Chemical Physics (UMD), 2002-2004.
Departmental Fellowship, University of Maryland, 2000-2002.
Magna cum laude B.S. Physics degree, Universidad de los Andes, 1999.
Best GPA award, Universidad de los Andes, 1997 and 1998.
"Beca 40 anos" Fellowship, Universidad de los Andes, 1994-1998.