"Top 50 Most Cited Articles as published in Tetrahedron 2005-2008:" Reactivity of ionic liquids, Chowdhury, S., Scott, J.L., Mohan, R.S., 2007, 63, 2363 - 2389.
"Top 50 Most Cited Articles as published in Tetrahedron 2004-2007:" Bismuth compounds in organic synthesis. Bismuth nitrate catalyzed chemoselective synthesis of acylals from aromatic aldehydes. Aggen, D.A., Arnold, J.N., Hayes, P.D., Smoter, N.M., Mohan, R.S., 2004, 60, 3675.
Nominated by the U.S. National Research Council and selected by the Chairmen of the European Research Council's Chemistry Committee to attend workshop on use of Lanthanides in organic synthesis, Belgium (February 2006)
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Young Observer Award
University of Maryland Baltimore County 2002 Distinguished Alumni Award
Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2001
Royal Society of Chemistry, admitted 2001