| 1970 |
Imperial College Entrance Scholarship |
| 1972 |
Hofmann Prize |
| 1973 |
Edmund White Prize for Organic Chemistry |
| 1973 |
Frank Hatton Prize |
| 1973 |
Royal Society of Arts Silver Medal |
| 1973 |
Science Research Council Studentship (2 years) |
| 1975 |
Edmund White Prize for Research in Organic Chemistry |
| 1980 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Meldola Medal |
| 1981 |
Imperial College Armstrong Medal |
| 1982 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Harrison Medal |
| 1986 |
American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award |
| 1986 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan Medal |
| 1987 |
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award |
| 1989 |
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship |
| 1994 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Lectureship |
| 1996 |
Backer Lecturer, University of Groningen, Netherlands |
| 1997 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Synthetic Organic Chemistry sponsored by CIBA Specialty Chemicals |
| 1998 |
GlaxoWellcome Lecturer, East Carolina University, USA |
| 1999 |
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society |
| 1999 |
Eaborn-Cornforth Lecturer, Sussex University, Brighton, England |
| 1999 |
Allelix Distinguished Lecturer, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. |
| 1999 |
Organic Divisional Interim Lectureship, Royal Australian Chemical Institute |
| 1999 |
Sir Robert Price Lectureship, CSIRO Molecular Science, Melbourne, Australia. |
| 2000 |
Glaxo Wellcome Award for Innovative Chemistry. |
| 2000 |
The Specialised Organic Sector Association 2000 Innovation Award (with Professor D. Chadwick and Dr. D.C. Braddock) |
| 2000 |
Novo Nordisk Lecturer, Technical University of Denmark |
| 2001 |
Upper Rhine Lectureship. |
| 2001 |
The iAc Award for Innovation in Applied Catalysis (with Professor D. Chadwick and Dr. D.C. Braddock). |
| 2001 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Award in Natural Products Chemistry Sponsored by Roche Products Ltd. |
| 2002 |
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Lecturer, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. |
| 2002 |
Pattison Lecturer, University of Western Ontario. |
| 2002 |
Boehringer Ingelheim Lecturer, University of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 2002 |
Weissberger-Williams Lectureship, Kodak, Rochester, NY, USA |
| 2002 |
Novartis Chemistry Lectureship, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2002 |
Troisieme Cycle Lectureship, the Universities of Western Switzerland |
| 2002 |
Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award |
| 2003 |
The GlaxoSmithKline & Celltech Lecturer, University of Bristol |
| 2003 |
Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences |
| 2003 |
Hope College, Holland, Michigan, USA: Distinguished Scholar |
| 2004 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Pedler Lectureship Sponsored by Pfizer |
| 2005 |
Michigan Chemistry Lectureship Tour Sponsored by Pfizer, Ann Arbor. |
| 2005 |
Royal Society of Chemistry Simonsen Lectureship Sponsored by AstraZeneca |
