Dr. Lipshutz arrived at UC Santa Barbara in 1979 after completing a two-year American Cancer Society postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University. Dr. Lipshutz is the recipient of several honors and awards including:

• Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship (1984)
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1984)
• UCSB's Plous Memorial Teaching Award (1984)
• Guest Editor, Tetrahedron, Organocopper Chemistry (1989)
• Chairman, GRC on Reactions & Processes (1992)
• Chairman, OMCOS 8, Santa Barbara (1995)
• NIH MCHA Study Section (1996-2000)
• ACS Cope Scholar Award (1997)
• Guest Editor, Tetrahedron, Organonickel Chemistry (1998)
• Organizer, NSF Workshop on synthesis (2000-2002)
• UCSB Foundation Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award (2002)
• Solvias Prize, Ligand Contest, Basel, Switzerland (2003)