The Matthew Flinders Medal, the Australian Academy of Science.
Officer of Order of Australia
Overbeek gold medal of European Colloid and Interface Society
Enzo Ferroni gold medal of Italian Physical Chemistry Society
Honorary Doctorate of Science, U. Western Australia
The Australian National University created the Barry Ninham Chair of Natural
Sciences to recognise his contributions
Craig Medal, Australian Academy of Sciences,
Ostwald Award of German Chemical Society (Colloid and Surface Science)
SIS Nestle-Mittal award
Humboldt Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Germany
Italian National Chair of Chemistry based in Florence; 2005-9 Visiting Professor
Honorary Doctorate of Science, U. Lund
Tage Erlander National Chair in Chemistry, Sweden
Chalmers University 150th Anniversary Chair
TFR (Basic Engineering Sciences) Swedish National Chair in Chemical Engineering
Inaugural Lectureship Award, Colloid Division, Japan Chemical Society
Medal of College de France
Hon. Doctor of Technology in Chem. Eng. at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Sweden
Rebinder Medal of the USSR Academy of Science
Fellow Australian Academy of Science
Pawsey Medal of Australian Academy of Science
Edgeworth David Medal of Royal Society of NSW
First Queen Elizabeth 11 Fellowship Australia awarded
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