｜2001 – 2003 Postdoctoral Associate, Advisor: Professor E.J. Corey (Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry), 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

｜September, 2023 Richard Lerner Chair of Chemistry

｜January, 2013 Darlene Shiley Professor of Chemistry

｜April, 2009 Member, Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology

｜June, 2008 Professor of Chemistry

｜July, 2006 Associate Professor of Chemistry (with Tenure)

｜June, 2003 Assistant Professor of Chemistry

｜Inhoffen Medal, 2019

｜Blavatnik National Laureate in Chemistry, 2016

｜Royal Society of Chemistry Synthetic Organic Chemistry Award, 2013

｜ISHC Katritzky Heterocyclic Chemistry Award, 2011

｜Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 2010

｜Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, 2009

｜National Fresenius Award, ACS, 2007

｜Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Synthesis, 2006

｜AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award, 2005

｜Member, The National Academy of Sciences, 2017

｜Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015

｜Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 2006 – 2008