Sergei has co-authored >650 publications, with a total citation of >42,000 and an h-index of >105. He is a foreign member of Academia Europaea, fellow of AAIA, MRS, APS, MSA, IoP, IEEE, Foresight Institute, and AVS; a recipient of the Feynman Prize of the Foresight Institute (2022), Blavatnik Award for Physical Sciences (2018), RMS medal for Scanning Probe Microscopy (2015), Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2009); Burton medal of Microscopy Society of America (2010); 4 R&D100 Awards (2008, 2010, 2016, and 2018); and a number of other distinctions.