• Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor Barry M. Trost, University of Wisconsin, 1980–1981.
• Postdoctoral Research Associate with Professor Herbert C. Brown, Purdue University, 1979–1980.
• Graduate Education: Ph. D., Thesis advisor: Professor Herbert C. Brown, Purdue University, 1979.
• Undergraduate Education: B. S. with Distinction, Iowa State University, 1975.
• Eastman Kodak Summer Research Fellow, 1974, 1975.

• Harry and Carol Mosher Award – 2018
• Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award, Division of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society – 2016.
• American Publishers PROSE Award for a Multivolume Reference/Science publication as Editors in Chief of Comprehensive Organic Synthesis – 2015.
• American Chemical Society Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Methods – 2015.
• Boron in the Americas Frontier Award – 2014.
• Council for Chemical Research, Research Collaboration Award – 2013.
• Novartis Lecturer, 2012–2013.
• Elected Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2010.
• Purdue University Department of Chemistry Outstanding Alumni Award, 2009.
• Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
• Philadelphia Section Award of the American Chemical Society, 2003.
• Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 2002–2003.
• Honorary Master of Arts Degree, University of Pennsylvania, 1999.
• Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award of the American Chemical Society, 1998.
• American Cyanamid Academic Award, 1989.
• University of Colorado Faculty Fellowship, 1988–1989.
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow, 1987–1991.
• University of Colorado Summer Research Initiation Faculty Fellowship, 1982.
• National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1980–1981.
• Eastman Kodak Fellow, 1978–1979.
• Purdue University Fellow, 1975–1977.
• Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Eta Sigma Honorary Societies.

Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France (1989, 1997); Philipps Universität, Marburg, Germany (1989); École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris (1993); Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil (1998); Universidade Federal da Pernambuco, Brazil (1998); Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina, (1998); Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (1998); Institut de Recherche en Chimie Organique Fine, Rouen, France (1999); Universidade Federal da Santa Maria, Brazil (2001); Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2005); Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (2009); Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (2011–2012); Universidade Federal de Sâo Carlos, Brazil (2013); École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France (2015).

• Editor, Science of Synthesis: Dual Catalysis in Organic Synthesis, Thieme Publishers, 2018-2019.
• Organizing Committee, 46th World Chemistry Congress/IUPAC 49th General Assembly, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2017.
• American Chemical Society National Awards Selection Committee, 2016-2019.
• Organic Reactions, Board of Editors, 2015-2020. Topic Area Reviewer, American Chemical Society, Pacifichem, 2013–2014.
• American Chemical Society Awards Equity Subcommittee – 2013.
• Organizer, International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development, 2012–.
• Editor, Science of Synthesis: Cross-Coupling, Thieme Publishers, 2010–2012.
• Editor-in-Chief, Comprehensive Organic Synthesis II, Elsevier, 2010–2013.
• Chair-Elect, Chair, Past Chair, Division of Organic Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, 2010–2012.
• Scientific Advisory Board, Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis, 2009–.
• Chemical Heritage Foundation Ullyot Scholarship and Lectureship Committee, 2009–.
• Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2009–.
• Editor, Science of Synthesis: Stereoselective Synthesis, Thieme Publishers, 2009–2010.
• Chair, American Chemical Society H. C. Brown Award Canvassing Committee, 2009–2012.
• Science of Synthesis Editorial Board, Thieme Publishers, 2009–.
• Organizing Committee, French-American Chemical Society FACS XII-XIV, 2008–2014.
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, BoroChem, Caen, France, 2007–2010.
• Vice Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2005–2006.
• Secretary/Treasurer, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry, 2006–2009.
• International Scientific Advisory Board, Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis, 2005–.
• Executive Editor, Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Wiley, 2004–2010.
• Editor, Science of Synthesis, Volume 33, Thieme Publishers, 2004–2006.
• Director, Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society, 2004–2006.
• Board of Consulting Editors, Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters, 2003–2008.
• Associate Editor, Comprehensive Organic Functional Group Transformations II, Pergamon Press, 2003–2004.
• Editorial Advisory Board, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, 2002–.
• Associate Editor, Organic Letters, 2002–.
• Alternate Councilor, Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society, 2001–2003. Chair, Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club, 2001.
• Editorial Advisory Board, Organometallics, 2000–2003.
• Executive Director, 37th National Organic Symposium, 1999–2001.
• Elected Member-at-Large, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Executive Committee, 1999.
• Associate Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, 1992–1995.
• NIH Medicinal Chemistry Study Section, 1993–1997.
• Consultant, Hauser Chemical Research, 1991–1999.