Eli Lilly Grantee, 1981-83
Merck Faculty Development Award, 1981
Roger and Georges Firmenich Career Development Chair in Natural Products Chemistry
___(MIT),1981-84
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, 1982-86
Alan R. Day Award (Philadelphia Organic Chemist's Club), 1992
ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 1994
ACS Akron Section Award, 1996
Warner Lambert/Parke Davis Professor of Chemistry (University of Michigan), 1997-2004
Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1999
Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award (ACS Division of Organic Chemistry), 2002
ACS Ernest Guenther Award in the Chemistry of Natural Products, 2004
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006

Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1998-present
Editorial Advisory Board, Organic Letters, 1999-present
Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Biology & Drug Design, 2005-present
Editorial Advisory Board, Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2005-present
Editorial Board, Organic Reactions, 1991-2002
Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, 1992-2002
Editorial Board, Organic Syntheses, 1993-2002
Board of Directors, Organic Reactions, 1995-present
Board of Directors, Organic Syntheses, 2003-present