BA Oxford University (1978); Nuffield Scholar (1974-78); Kennedy Fellow, Harvard University (1978-79); MSc (1982) and PhD (1984), University of Chicago; Golda Meir Fellow, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1984-85); Postdoctoral Fellow, Tel Aviv University (1985-86); Bergmann Award (1986); A. P. Sloan Foundation Fellow (1991-93); Member, ACS, APS, Deutsche Bunsen Gesellschaft; Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist (1996-97); Fellow, American Physical Society (2002-); Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science Professor, University of California, Berkeley (2002-2003).