Appointed as James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University.

Appointed as Chairperson of the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University.

Appointed as Director of the Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University.

Appointed as the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University.

Appointed as Earle C. Anthony Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.

Joined the department of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.

Dave began his independent research career at the University of California, Berkeley.

Postdoctoral research fellow with Professor David A. Evans at Harvard University.

Doctoral studies with Professor Larry E. Overman at the University of California, Irvine.

Undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Glasgow.