| Graduate Student Faculty Liaison Committee Mentor Award | John C. Wright |
| Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science | John C. Wright |
| National Science Foundation Creativity Grant Extension | John C. Wright |
| Fellow, American Physical Society | John C. Wright |
| Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award for Teaching Excellence in Engineering | John C. Wright |
| Dow Lecturer, University of British Columbia | John C. Wright |
| Andreas C. Albrecht Chair of Chemistry | John C. Wright |
| Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison | John C. Wright |
| Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Wisconsin-Madison | John C. Wright |
| Upjohn Award for Excellence in Teaching | John C. Wright |
| American Chemical Society Award in Spectrochemical Analysis | John C. Wright |
| Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Professor of Chemistry | John C. Wright |
| WARF Romnes Faculty Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison | John C. Wright |
| Applied Spectroscopy Society William F. Meggars Award | John C. Wright |
| DuPont Assistant Professor | John C. Wright |
| Phi Beta Kappa | John C. Wright |