She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) before being awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2021 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Science. She is a Director, Institute for Gravitational Research and Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland; professor and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Science and a Fellow of the FRSE in Bearsden, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.