Honors and Awards

1969 MD, Summa Cum Laude (1st in class of 625)
1977 PhD, University of Texas at Dallas
1984 NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
1995 NIH MERIT Award
2004 American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005 National Academy of Sciences, USA
2006 Turkish Academy of Sciences
2007 Turkish Koç Award
2009 Univ. of Texas at Dallas Distinguished Alumni Award
2014 Distinguished Visiting Professor – Academia Sinica
2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2016 TWESCO International Turkish Academy - Gold Medal at UN
2016 ASBMB American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology - Bert and Natalie Vallee Award
2016 O. Max Gardner Award - highest honor by UNC Board of Governors
2016 Carnegie Corporation's Immigrant of the Year
2016 North Carolina Award - the highest civilian honor given by the state
2016 National Academy of Medicine
2019 Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award
2023 Honorary Member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Science (ANAS)