| 1970-1971 | Matthey-Bishop Predoctoral Fellowship |
| 1974-1975 | Carnegie Institution of Washington Fellowship |
| 1975-1976 | U.S. Public Health Service Research Fellowship |
| 1983 | Chancellor's Research Scholar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| 1981-1986 | Research Career Development Award, NIH |
| 1984-1991 | Member, Science Alliance Center of Excellence University of Tennessee |
| 1993 | Distinguished Speaker, National Science Commission, Republic of China |
| 1996 | Distinguished Lecturer, Chinese Pharmaceutical Society, Republic of China |
| 1997 | Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists |
| 1997 | Controlled Release Society Outstanding Pharmaceutical Paper from the 24th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials |
| 1998 | Heward Visting Scientist to the Montreal General Hospital/McGill University |
| 1998 | Member, National Gene Vector Laboratories Scientific Review Board |
| 1998-1999 | Chairman, Non-viral gene therapy committee, American Society for Gene Therapy |
| 1999 | Research Grand Round, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL |
| 1999 | Plenary Speaker, Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan |
| 1999- | Member, Medical Biochemistry Study Section, NIH |
| 1999- | "Meet The Professor", American Society of Gene Therapy Annual Meeting |
| 2001 | Plenary Speaker, 22nd Annual Eino Nelson Memorial Confernece, Captiva Islnad, FL |
| 2003 | Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering |
| 2003-2005 | Distinguished Faculty Committee |
| 2004 | Alec D Bangham MD FRS Acheivement Award, Liposome Research Days Conference 2004, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan |
The Biophysical Society
American Association for Advancement of Science
American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Society of Chinese Bioscientists In America
Controlled Release Society
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
American Society for Gene Therapy
American Association For Cancer Research
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
| 1984- 1998 | Editorial Board Member | Chemistry and Physics of Lipids |
| 1986-1991 | Editorial Board Member | Journal of Liposome Research |
| 1991-1997 | Editor-in-Chief | Journal of Liposome Research |
| 1997- | Editor Emeritus | Journal of Liposome Research |
| 1992-1999 | Editorial Board Member | Journal of Drug Targeting |
| 1992-2001 | Editorial Board Member | BioScience Reports |
| 1993-1999, 2000- | Editorial Board Member | Gene Therapy |
| 1994-2000 | Editorial Advisory Board | Bioconjugate Chemistry |
| 1995- | Editorial Board | Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews |
| 1999-1999 | Associate Editor | Gene Therapy |
| 1999- | Editorial Board Member | Journal of Gene Medicine |
| 1999-2004 | Associate Editor | Molecular Therapy |
| 2000- | Editorial Board Member | Journal of Controlled Release |
| 2003- | Editorial Board Member | Molecular Pharmaceutics |
| 2004- | Editorial Board Member | Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin |