Dave Thirumalai won the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics for Langmuir Award recipient in 2019. Dave Thirumalai won the Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics for Delbrück Prize recipient in 2025.
| Year | Contest | Category | For | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Max Delbrück Prize in Biological Physics | Delbrück Prize recipient | 1 · 2 | |
| 2019 | Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics | Langmuir Award recipient | 1 · 2 |