Education
Brandeis University, BA, Chemistry
Harvard University, MA, Organic Chemistry
Harvard University, PhD, Organic Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, Postdoc, Organic Chemistry

Research and Professional Experience

1969-present: Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

1986-present: Professor, Joint Appointment in Environmental Health Sciences, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

1987-1990: Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University

1989-present: Scowe Professor of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

Awards & Honors

1986-1989: Member, NIH Medicinal Chemistry Study Section

1987: Chemist of the Year Award, Maryland Section, American Chemical Society

1991: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship

1994: Distinguished Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins University

2004: ACS Cope Senior Scholar Awardee

2004: Brown University Award for Excellence in Vitamin D Research

2004-2005:Novartis Chemistry Lectureship, "in reocgnition of outstanding contributions to natural product synthesis and the development of new synthetic methodologies"

2006: NIH MERIT Award