Education
2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Associate Advisor: Professor E.J. Corey Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1997 – 2001 Ph.D. Graduate Student in Chemistry Advisor: Professor K.C. Nicolaou The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
1995 – 1997 B.S. with Honors in Chemistry Advisor: Professor D.I. Schuster New York University, New York, New York
1991 – 1995 Simultaneous high school graduation from Mt. Dora High School and A.A. degree with honors, Lake Sumter Community College, Florida
Awards
• Danisco Science Excellence Medal Award, 2022
• Bristol Chemical Synthesis Syngenta Award, 2021
• Janssen Prize for Creativity, 2020
• Inhoffen Medal, 2019
• Manchot Research Professorship, 2017
• Member, The National Academy of Sciences, 2017
• Emanuel Merck Lectureship, 2017
• Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry, 2016
• ACS Elias J. Corey Award, 2016
• Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
• College of Arts and Science Alumni Distinguished Service Award, New York University, 2015
• Reagent of the Year Award (EROS), 2015
• Mukaiyama Award, 2014
• MacArthur Fellowship, 2013
• Royal Society of Chemistry Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, 2013
• Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013
• Fellow, AAAS, 2012 – Present
• ACS San Diego Section Distinguished Scientist Award, 2012
• ISHC Katritzky Heterocyclic Chemistry Award, 2011
• Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2010
• ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, 2010
• Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, 2009
• National Fresenius Award, ACS, 2007
• Novartis Lecturer, 2007 – 2008
• Hirata Gold Medal, 2007
• Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2006
• Beckman Foundation Fellow, 2006 – 2008
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 2006 – 2008
• BMS Unrestricted “Freedom to Discover” Grant, 2006 – 2010
• NSF CAREER Award, 2006 – 2010
• Eli Lilly Young Investigator Award, 2005 – 2006
• AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2005
• DuPont Young Professor Award, 2005
• Roche Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2005
• Amgen Young Investigator Award, 2005
• Searle Scholar Award, 2005
• GlaxoSmithKline Chemistry Scholar Award, 2005 – 2006