David MacMillan
Sir David MacMillan | |
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MacMillan in 2021 | |
| Born | David William Cross MacMillan 16 March 1968 |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom United States |
| 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, Robert R. Knowles |
Sir David William Cross MacMillan (born 16 March 1968) is a Scottish 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. He shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Benjamin List "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis". MacMillan used his share of the $1.14 million prize to establish the May and Billy MacMillan Foundation.