He has received many awards in matrix biology and glycobiology, including the Junior Investigator Award from American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB), Glycoscience Research Award from Mizutani Foundation, Career Investigator Award from American Lung Association, and a Pulmonary Chair from Children’s Hospital. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Matrix Biology, full-time member of the NIH/NHLBI Lung Injury, Repair, and Remodeling study section, and on the editorial board of Journal of Biology Chemistry. He has served as Council Member of ASMB and as Chair and full-time member of VA Merit Grant Infectious Diseases Study Section B. His research focuses on the cell biology of proteoglycans in disease. His research has uncovered several immunomodulatory mechanisms of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in infectious and inflammatory diseases