- Columbia College (Undergrad with Gilbert Stork)
- Harvard University (Ph.D. with E. J. Corey)
- 1978 – Assistant Professor, MIT
- 2000 – Appointed Arthur C. Cope Professor
- 2004 to present – Editor in Chief, Organic Syntheses
Research Interests: design and invention of new cycloaddition and annulation methods based on strained and unusual molecules.