David W.C. MacMillan

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David MacMillan

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David W.C. MacMillan
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021

Born: 16 March 1968, Bellshill, United Kingdom

Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA

Prize motivation: “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”

Prize share: 1/2

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