Honors and Awards: Dalhousie University Entrance Scholarship (1970-1974); Dalhousie University Medal in Biology (1974); National Research Council of Canada  Graduate Fellowship (1974-1975); Killam Graduate Scholarship (1974-1975); Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Overseas Scholarship (1976-1979); McCauley Award (1979); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship (1979-1980); Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship (honorary, 1979-1980); Alumni Outstanding Research Award, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State University (2000); Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003); Genetics Society of America Medal (2004); Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2005); Fellow, Royal Society (2006); Member, New York Academy of Sciences (2007); O. Max Gardner Award, University of North Carolina (2007); Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (2010).

Employment:  Lecturer, Department of Genetics, University of Edinburgh (1980-1987); Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, NC State University (1987-1993); Professor, Department of Genetics, NC State University (1993-1996); William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Genetics, NC State University (1996-present); Distinguished University Professor of Genetics, NC State University (2006-present); Adjunct Faculty, Department of Endodontics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2007-present); Associate faculty, Department of Entomology, NC State University (2008-present).