Awards, Grants, and Patents
- Fellow, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (2019);
- Corresponding Member, National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines (Elected 2019);
- Global Chair in Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath (2016-2017); NYU Silver Professorship (2016 to present);
- Khalifa International Date Palm Award (2015); Severino and Paz Koh Lectureship Award for Science (2014);
- Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow (2011);
- Ayala Foundation USA/Philippine Development Forum Award of Excellence for Science and Technology (2010);
- Guggenheim Fellow (2006 - 2007); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Elected 2005);
- NC State William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor (2005-2006);
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Young Investigator Award in the Molecular Studies of Evolution (1997-2002);
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Evolution (1993-1995)
