C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2012 Distinguished Honors Faculty Fellow, 2010-2012 Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal in the Physical Sciences, 2010 AAAS Fellow, 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 2001 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 2001 National Science Foundation Career Award, 2000

Biological/Physical

Biological

RNA Folding, Structure, and Catalysis Physical

RNA Folding, Structure, and Catalysis Biomedical

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