HONORS AND AWARDS
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1988
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1990
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 1990
Outstanding Teacher Award, National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black
Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 1992
John Simon Guggenheim Fellow, 1993
AAAS Mentor Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994
Percy L. Julian Award for Pure and Applied Research, National Organization for the Professional
Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, 1995
Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998
University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University, 1999
Alexander von Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist Award, 2001
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001
Herbert Newby McCoy Award, Purdue University, 2007
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
Edward W. Morley Medal, American Chemical Society Cleveland Section, 2011
Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2012
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2013