Honors & Awards

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) – 2020
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology – 2009
  • Arthur J. Maurer Extra Mile Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 2006
  • Spitze Land Grant Faculty Award, UW-Madison – 2002
  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences – 2001
  • American Society of Microbiology Division H Lecturer – 2001
  • Vilas Associate Award, UW-Madison – 1997-1999
  • Oliver H. Smith Memorial Lecturer, Marquette University – 1989
  • Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison – 1997
  • Chairman: Department of Biochemistry, UW-Madison – 1986-1991
  • George A. Miller Visiting Professor of Microbiology, Univ. of Illinois – 1986
  • Evelyn Mercer Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UW-Madison – 1985-Present
  • Faculty Star Award, UW-Madison – 1984-1985
  • Pasteur Award, Illinois Society for Microbiology – 1981
  • Harry and Evelyn Steenbock Career Development Award, UW-Madison – 1974-1978
  • NIH Career Development Award, UW-Madison – 1972-1977
  • Medical Research Foundation of Boston postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School – 1970
  • NIH postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School – 1968-1969
  • NIH predoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University – 1963-1967
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College – 1963