Distinguished Professor, UC-Riverside
Location: United States
Award for Newly-Appointed Faculty, Dreyfus Foundation, 1982-87.
Grantee, Eli Lilly, 1984-86.
Presidential Young Investigator, NSF, 1985-90.
Research Fellow, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1986-88.
Newcomb Cleveland Prize, AAAS, 1991 (best paper in Science).
Distinguished Inventor Award, Intellectual Property Owners, 1993.
Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1994-95.
Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, University of Texas Ex-Student's Association, 1995.
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996.
Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists, 2004.
UC Presidential Chair in Chemistry, UC-Riverside, 2004-09.
European Inventor of the Year, European Patent Office, 2006.
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2016.