David W. C. MacMillan

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry chemist organic chemist person

David W. C. MacMillan is a Scottish-born chemist renowned for pioneering organocatalysis, work that earned him the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → chemist → organic chemist → person →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science → Doctor of Philosophy →
almaMater	University of California, Irvine → University of Glasgow →
awardReceived	ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry → Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award → Corday–Morgan Medal and Prize → Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science → Fellow of the Royal Society → Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh → Harrison Howe Award → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 → RSC Centenary Prize →
birthCountry	Scotland → United Kingdom →
birthDate	1968-03-16 →
birthPlace	Bellshill →
citizenship	United Kingdom → United States of America →
doctoralAdvisor	Larry E. Overman →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Princeton University → University of California, Berkeley →
familyName	MacMillan →
fieldOfWork	chemistry → organic chemistry → organocatalysis →
givenName	David →
knownFor	asymmetric organocatalysis → organocatalysis →
language	English →
nationality	Scottish →
nobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
nobelPrizeMotivation	for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis →
nobelPrizeYear	2021 →
notableConcept	enamine catalysis → iminium catalysis →
positionHeld	Chair of the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University → James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry →
researchInterest	asymmetric catalysis → photoredox catalysis → synthetic methodology →
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Benjamin List →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ACS Award in Organic Chemistry →	hasRecipient