EDUCATION:
B.A. with Honors (1976) Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 1980 - Steven W. Baldwin
Postdoctoral Research, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 1980-1981 - David A. Evans
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Assistant, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (1976 - 1980)
Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (1980 - 1981)
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1981 - 1988)
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1988 - 1993)
Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1993 - 2003)
Visiting Associate Professor, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (1991)
Vice Chair, Facilities, Department of Chemistry, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC (1992 - 1993)
Vice Chair, Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC (1995 - 2000)
George and Alice Welsh Distinguished Term Professor (2001 - 2003)
Mary Ann Smith Distinguished Professor of Chemistry UNC, Chapel Hill, NC (2003 - present)
Scientific Advisory Board, Chimerix Inc. (2002 - present)
Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2007 - 2009)
Senior Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2009 - present)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
M.J. McHenry Chemistry Prize, Hendrix College (1976)
C.R. Hauser Fellow, Duke University (1979 - 1980)
NIH-NCI Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology (1980 - 1981)
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1986 - 1990)
Research Development Award, University of North Carolina (1988)
UNC-CH Foundation Leave (1991 - 1992)
Invited Expert Analyst ChemTracts Organic Chemistry (1993 - present)
Chairman, North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society (1994)
American Cyanamid Faculty Fellow (1994)
Senior Class Favorite Faculty Award (1997)
Tanner Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, UNC-CH (1999)
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society (2001)
George and Alice Welsh Distinguished Term Professor (2001 - 2003)
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Member (2001 - present)
Mary Ann Smith Distinguished Professor of Chemistry UNC, Chapel Hill, NC (2003 - present)
Charles Holmes Herty Medal, Georgia Section, American Chemical Society (2004)
Ernest Guenther Award, American Chemical Society (2010)
