Since its origin in 2022, the objective rating organization, ScholarGPS, has ranked Rick Trebino #1 out of all 21,000 scientists in the field of ultrashort laser pulses in all three of its categories, Productivity, Impact, and Quality.

The Trebino group and the company it has formed (Swamp Optics) have also won a number of awards, including Optica's R.W. Wood Prize, Optica's Beller Medal for Optics Education, the SPIE's Edgerton Prize, the SPIE's Yzuel Award for Optics Education, R&D Magazine's R&D 100 Award, the Photonics Spectra Magazine's Circle of Excellence Award, and an SPIE Prism Award.

Prof. Trebino is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America (now Optica), and the Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers. And he was the IEEE LEOS Distinguished Lecturer for two consecutive years.

The Trebino group's work has also been featured in various magazines and web sites that report important recent results.