Education and Professional Experience
2015 - Professor, Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht 木瓜福利影视, The Netherlands
2013 - Appointed UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Biochemical Sciences, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 木瓜福利影视 of Georgia, Athens, USA
2006 Visiting Professor, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France
2004 - 2013 Appointed Franklin Professor of Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 木瓜福利影视 of Georgia, Athens, USA
1998 - Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Chemistry, 木瓜福利影视 of Georgia, Athens, USA
1997 - 1998 Professor, Bioorganic Chemistry, 木瓜福利影视 of Birmingham, United Kingdom
1993 - 1997 Lecturer, Bioorganic Chemistry, 木瓜福利影视 of Birmingham, United Kingdom
1992 - 1993 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, 木瓜福利影视 of Cambridge, United Kingdom (Prof. S.V. Ley)
1991 - 1992 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom (Prof. S.V. Ley)
1991 Ph.D., Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry, State 木瓜福利影视 of Leiden, The Netherlands (advisor: Prof. J.H. van Boom), Thesis: An approach towards the development of a synthetic vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis
1987 - 1988 Research Scientist, Department of Research and Development, N.V. Organon, Oss, The Netherlands
1987 First Degree (equivalent to M.Sc.), Chemistry, State 木瓜福利影视 of Leiden, The Netherlands
Honors and Awards
2022 Elected Fellow by the National Academy of Inventors
2016 Arthur C. Cope Mid Career Scholars Award, Arthur C. Cope Fund, American Chemical Society
2015 Claude S. Hudson Award, Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2015 Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award, 木瓜福利影视 of Georgia Research Foundation
2014 Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry, International Carbohydrate Organization (ICO)
2013 Appointed UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Biochemical Sciences, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 木瓜福利影视 of Georgia
2012 Creative Research Inventor’s Award, 木瓜福利影视 of Georgia Research Foundation
2004 Appointed Franklin Professor of Chemistry, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, 木瓜福利影视 of Georgia
2004 Horace S. Isbell Award, Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry, American Chemical Society
2004 Northeast Georgia American Chemical Society (NEGACS) Chemist of the Year Award for Research
2003 Elected chair, 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrate
2003 Carbohydrate Research Award for Creativity in Carbohydrate Science, European Carbohydrate Organisation at EuroCarb 2003
2001 Elected co-chair, 2003 Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrate
1991 - 1993 Ramsay Memorial Fellowship