Wellesley College, Wellesley (1959)

B.A., Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore (1961)

M.A., Johns Hopkins Univ., Dept. of Microbiology (1963)

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ., Dept. of Microbiology (1966)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Salk Insitute, La Jolla, CA (1967)

Postdoctoral Fellow & Research Associate, M.I.T., Boston (1968-1970)

Assistant, Associate, & Full Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University (1971-1991)

Scientific Associate, Channing Laboratory and Department of Medical Microbiology, Department of Medicine, Boston City Hospital, Boston (1971-1973)

Director, Laboratories of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital, Boston (1979-1990)

Professor of Microbiology in Health Sciences and Technology (1979-1991)

Dean for Science, New York University (1991-1997), Professor of Biology, NYU

President, American Society for Microbiology (1988-1989)

Senior Councilor for External Relations and Faculty Associate in Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (1997-2006)

Senior Faculty Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology (2007—)

President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS (2010-2011)

Microbial Biology, Biochemistry (Virology)

Academic Honors, Wellesley College (1958)

American Society for Microbiology Foundation Lecturer (1975-1976)

Eli Lilly Award in Microbiology and Immunology (1977)

Alumnae Citation Award, National Cathedral School, Washington, D. C. (1978)

Burroughs Wellcome Traveling Fellow to Great Britain (1979)

M. A. (Honorary), Harvard University (1980)

The Sixth Hattie Alexander Memorial Lecturer, Columbia University (1981)

Doctor of Science (Honorary), Wheaton College (1982); Mt. Holyoke College (1987); Medical College of Pennsylvania (1991)

Orton K. Stark Lecturer (24th), Miami University (1988)

San Francisco Chinese Hospital Annual Award (1989)

Academician, Academia Sinica, R.O.C. (1990)

NY-AWIS Award for Outstanding Woman Scientist (1994)

Fellow of the Association for Women in Science (1998)

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2000)

Alice C. Evans Award, American Society for Microbiology (2001)

Asian American Engineer/Scientist of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Chinese Institute of Engineers–USA (2012)

John Hopkins University School of Medicine Distinguished Alumna Award (2015)

Senior Faculty Associate in Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.