text: * Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences of the USA (2011)
  * American Chemical Society (ACS) National Award for Computers in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research (2008)
  * Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006)
  * UCSD SPPS Associated Students Teaching Award (2003)
  * UC Chancellor's Associates Award for Research (2002)
  * Appointed Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (2000–present)
  * Joseph E. Mayer Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, UC San Diego (1995-)
  * Smithsonian Award for Breakthrough Computational Science (1995)
  * Cray Research Information Technology Leadership Award (1995)
  * George Hitchings Award for Innovative Methods in Drug Design, Burroughs Wellcome Fund (1987–1992)
  * Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1982–87)
  * NIH Research Career Development Award (1980–85)