Honors

National Medal of Science
The White House (United States, Washington D.C.), 10/2023
Student Award
American Institute of Chemists (United States, Philadelphia) - AIC, 1970
Chemical and Engineering News National Merit Award
American Chemical Society (United States, Washington D.C.) - ACS, 1970
Student Award
Sigma Xi (United States, Durham), 1970
Rhodes Scholarship
University of Oxford (United Kingdom, Oxford), 1970-1973
Fellowship
Danforth Foundation, 1970-1973
Fellowship
European Molecular Biology Organization (Germany, Heidelberg) - EMBO, 1973
Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (United States, New York), 1978-1982
Research Career Development Award
United States Public Health Service (United States, Washington D.C.) - USPHS, 1978-1983
SIDHU Award for outstanding contributions to x-ray diffraction
Pittsburgh Diffraction Society, 1980
Prizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
American Chemical Society (United States, Washington D.C.) - ACS, 1986
Senior Scientist Award
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany, Bonn), 1989
Markey
Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Scholars Program , 1990
Member
National Academy of Sciences (United States, Washington D.C.) - NAS, 1994-1995
Fellowship
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (United States, New York), 1996
Gyula and Katica Tauber Chair in Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacodynamics
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 1996
Fellowship
Ellison Medical Foundation (United States, Bethesda) - EMF, 1999
Member, Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences (United States, Washington D.C.) - NAS, 2001-2002
Roche Diagnostics: Funding for Postdoctoral Training
Roche (United States, Nutley), 2001-2002
Fellow
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (United States, Cambridge), 2002
Co-Chair, Gordon Conference on Enzymes
Gordon Research Conferences (United States, Kingston) - GRC, 2005
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience Award
McKnight Foundation (United States, Minneapolis), 2005
Fellow
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (United States, Cambridge), 2005
Sachar Award (Shared with Prof. Dagmar Ringe)
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2007
Associate Member, Tufts-New England Medical Center Cancer Research Center
Tufts Medical Center (United States, Boston), 2007
Honorary Degree
Dalhousie University (Canada, Halifax), 2011

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Adjunct Professor of Neurology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (United States, Boston) - HMS

Education

University of Oxford
D.Phil.
Princeton University
B.A.