Prof. Allain has been recipient of numerous awards including:
- Distinguished Performance Award, Argonne National Laboratory 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Best Teacher of the Year Award, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University,
2008 - Paul Zmola Young Scholar Award, Purdue University, 2008-2013
- Department of Energy Early Career Award in 2010
- Purdue University Research Excellence Award in 2011
- Fulbright Scholar Award in 2015
- Illinois Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellow at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2016
- Illinois College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017
- The American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division Technical Accomplishment Award in 2018 for pioneering work on in-situ plasma-material interaction diagnostics and surface chemistry in nuclear fusion devices
- Member of the 2019 international mission of experts for the advancement of science, technology, and innovation in Colombia (Misión de Sabios) comprised of 46 scientists and experts convened by President Ivan Duque
- Lloyd and Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair in Plasma Medicine at Penn State University in 2019
- Department of Energy Office of Science’s Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee member appointed in 2022
- The IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS)’s Fusion Technology Award in 2023 for contributions to the field of fusion technology including discoveries related to the interactions of fusion plasma and low-energy ions with material surfaces as well as the role surface chemistry plays in plasma-material interactions
