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David MacMillan

British chemist (1968-)

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Sir David William Cross MacMillan 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 is also a Distinguished Scholar at the Princeton Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. 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.

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Born
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Place of birth
Bellshill wd
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United States wd
Occupation
chemist, university teacher wd
Education
University of Glasgow, University of California, Irvine, Bellshill Academy wd

Awards wd

  • Fellow of the Royal Society (2012)
  • Corday-Morgan Prize (2004)
  • Ernst Schering Prize (2015)
  • ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (2011)
  • Catalysis in Organic Chemistry Award (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
  • Ryoji Noyori Prize (2017)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021)
  • Mukaiyama Award (2007)
  • Centenary Prize (2019)
  • Elias James Corey Award (2005)
  • Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010)

Questions

When was David MacMillan born?
David MacMillan was born on 16 March 1968 in Bellshill.
Where did David MacMillan study?
David MacMillan was educated at University of Glasgow, University of California, Irvine, Bellshill Academy.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): David MacMillan · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q5237001 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: David MacMillan.jpg by North Lanarkshire Council (OGL 3)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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