1987 –Medal XL-Lecia Politechniki Lodzkiej (40th Anniversary of Polytechnika, Lodz, Poland)
1988 –Medicinal Chemistry Award, Medicinal Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society
1993 –Doctora Honoris Causa, Politechniki Lodzkiej, Oct. 1, 1993 (Polytechnika, Lodz, Poland)
1994 –Vincent duVigneaud Award, Gordon Conference on Peptides, Ventura, CA, Feb. 17, 1994
1996 –Midwest Award, St. Louis Regional Division, American Chemical Society
1996 –Science and Technology Award, St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association
1996 –George B. Koelle Award, Mid-Atlantic Pharmacology Society
1997 –Medal 50-Lecia Politechniki Lodzkiej (50th Anniversary of Polytechnika, Lodz, Poland)
2000 –Cathay Award, Chinese Peptide Society, Mt. Huangshan, China
2000 – Taito M. Soine Memorial Award, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota.
2001 – Merrifield Award, American Peptide Society, San Diego, CA
2003 – Excellence in Life Sciences Award for Serial Entrepreneurship, Missouri Biotechnology Association
2005 – Inaugural Lee Wing Nam Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2006 – 16th Smissman Memorial Lecturer, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Kansas
2007 – Burger Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia
2008 – Inaugural Member, Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame, American Chemical Society
2009 – Plenary Lecturer – Centenary Celebration of Medicinal Chemistry, 238th ACS National Symposium, Washington, D.C.
