| 1993 | President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Wayne State University |
| 1998 | Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, Wayne State University |
| 1998 - 1999 | Career Development Chair, Wayne State University |
| 2006 | Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, Wayne State University |
| 2009 | Chair, Gordon Research Conference and Graduate Research Seminar on Polyamines, Gordon Research Conferences |
| 2010 | College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Research Excellence Award, Wayne State University |
| 2011 - pres | SmartState Endowed Chair in Drug Discovery, Medical University of South Carolina |
| 2011 - pres | Director, MUSC Lead Discovery and Optimization Core, South Carolina Center for Therapeutic Discovery and Development |
| 2013 | Organizer, 2013 Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
| 2014 | Chair and Organizer, 34th National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
| 2014 - pres | Fellow of the American Chemical Society, American Chemical Society |
| 1994 - 2011 | Secretary and Public Relations Chair, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
| 2011 - 2013 | Chair, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
| 2014 - pres | Membership and International Relations Chair, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, American Chemical Society |
| 2014 | Fellow, American Chemical Society |
| 2014 | Fellow, American Foundation for Pharmacy Education |
| 2016 | Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry |