HONORS:

Phi Beta Kappa, December 1975.

Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow, 1978-80.

Dreyfus Foundation Award for Newly-Appointed Faculty, 1982-87.

Eli Lilly Grantee, 1984-86.

NSF Presidential Young Investigator, 1985-90.

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1986-88.

AAAS-Newcomb Cleveland Prize, 1991 (best paper in Science).

Intellectual Property Owners Distinguished Inventor Award, 1993.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow, 1994-95.

Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, University of Texas Ex-Student's Association, 1995.

Fellow of the AAAS, 1996.

Chemical Pioneer Award, American Institute of Chemists, 2004.

European Inventor of the Year, 2006.