David MacMillan

Sir

David MacMillan

MacMillan in 2021
Born
David William Cross MacMillan

(1968-03-16) 16 March 1968 (age 56)
Bellshill, Scotland, United Kingdom
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
United States[1]
EducationBellshill Academy
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow (BSc)
University of California, Irvine (MSc, PhD)
AwardsCorday-Morgan medal
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisStereocontrolled formation of bicyclic tetrahydrofurans and Enantioselective total synthesis of eunicellin diterpenes (1996)
Doctoral advisorLarry E. Overman
Other academic advisorsErnest W. Colvin
David A. Evans
Doctoral studentsVy Dong, Tehshik Yoon
WebsiteOfficial website

Sir David William Cross MacMillan FRS FRSE (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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  2. ^ "David W.C. MacMillan". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "David MacMillan: 'Being Scottish helped me win Nobel Prize'". BBC News. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. ^ Paterson, Laura (6 October 2021). "Scottish scientist jointly wins Nobel Prize in chemistry". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Chemistry Nobel awarded for mirror-image molecules". BBC News. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  6. ^ Russell, Jennifer (6 October 2021). "Scots scientist wins Nobel Prize for chemistry". Daily Record. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Scottish scientist jointly wins Nobel Prize in chemistry". uk.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  8. ^ [1][3][4][5][6][7]
  9. ^ "The MacMillan Group". Macmillan Group. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  10. ^ "David MacMillan". American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  11. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  12. ^ Service, Purdue News. "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.

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