David MacMillan
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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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Sir David MacMillan | |
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Born | David William Cross MacMillan (1968-03-16) 16 March 1968 (age 56) |
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) |
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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 |
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