National Fellowship for Abroad Studies, 1986-1989, Korea Ministry of Education
Ocean Venture Fund, 1987, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Achievement Award, 2001, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute
Special Commendation, December 2008, City of San Francisco
Medal of Merit, June 2009, Republic of Korea
Welfare Award (Grand Prize), April 2011, Metropolitan City of Seoul
Seoul National University The Best Teacher Award of the Year, November 2015, Seoul National University
Order of Service Merit, June 2017, Republic of Korea
Wing Ip Medal, July 2020, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
Manhae Grand Prize, August 2022, The Manhae Foundation Proud Sung Nam Alumni Award (40th), December 2022, Won Seok Academic Foundation