Sir David MacMillan | |
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 MacMillan in 2021 | |
| Born | David William Cross MacMillan 16 March 1968 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom United States[1] |
| Education | Bellshill Academy |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow (BSc) University of California, Irvine (MSc, PhD) |
| Awards | Corday-Morgan medal Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Stereocontrolled formation of bicyclic tetrahydrofurans and Enantioselective total synthesis of eunicellin diterpenes (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Larry E. Overman |
| Other academic advisors | Ernest W. Colvin David A. Evans |
| Doctoral students | Vy Dong, Tehshik Yoon |
Sir David William Cross MacMillan (born 16 March 1968)[2] is a Scottish[8] chemist and the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University, where he was also the chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2010 to 2015.[9][10] He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Benjamin List "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis".[11] MacMillan used his share of the $1.14 million prize to establish the May and Billy MacMillan Foundation.[12]
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- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Service, Purdue News (23 January 2023). "David MacMillan, the 2021 Nobel laureate in chemistry, to join President Chiang for Presidential Lecture Series on Feb. 13". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 16 August 2023.