David MacMillan

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David W. C. MacMillan

FRS FRSE
Born1968 (age 52–53)
Bellshill, Scotland
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow (BSc)
University of California, Irvine (PhD, 1996)
AwardsCorday-Morgan medal
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisStereocontrolled formation of bicyclic tetrahydrofurans and Enantioselective total synthesis of eunicellin diterpenes (1996)
Doctoral advisorLarry E. Overman
Other academic advisorsErnest W. Colvin
David A. Evans
Doctoral studentsVy Dong, Tehshik Yoon, Tristan Lambert
Websitechemlabs.princeton.edu/macmillan

David William Cross MacMillan FRS FRSE[1] is a Scottish-born 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.[2][3]

Education and early life[]

MacMillan was born in Bellshill, Scotland in 1968. He received his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Glasgow, where he worked with .

In 1990, he left the UK to begin his doctoral studies under the direction of Professor Larry Overman at the University of California, Irvine. During this time, he focused on the development of new reaction methodology directed toward the stereocontrolled formation of bicyclic tetrahydrofurans. MacMillan's graduate studies culminated in the total synthesis of 7-(−)-deacetoxyalcyonin acetate, a eunicellin diterpenoid isolated from soft coral Eunicella stricta.[4] He earned his Ph.D. in 1996.

Career and research[]

Upon receiving his Ph.D., MacMillan accepted a position with Professor David Evans at Harvard University. His postdoctoral studies centered on enantioselective catalysis, in particular, the design and development of Sn(II)-derived bisoxazoline complexes (Sn(II)box).

MacMillan began his independent research career as a member of the chemistry faculty at the University of California, Berkeley in July 1998. He joined the department of chemistry at Caltech in June 2000, where his group's research interests centered on new approaches to enantioselective catalysis. In 2004, he was appointed as the Earle C. Anthony Professor of Chemistry. For personal reasons, he moved to Princeton University in September 2006.[citation needed]

MacMillan's research group has made many advances in the field of asymmetric organocatalysis, and they have applied these new methods to the synthesis of a range of complex natural products.

Between 2010 and 2014, Professor MacMillan was the founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Chemical Science, the flagship general chemistry journal published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Honours and awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ Professor David MacMillan FRS
  2. ^ "Home". Macmillan Group. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. ^ A short interview of Professor MacMillan is available on the Eminent Organic Chemists Page provided by the ACS Organic Division
  4. ^ MacMillan, David William Cross (1996). Stereocontrolled formation of bicyclic tetrahydrofurans ; and, Enantioselective total synthesis of eunicellin diterpenes (Thesis).
  5. ^ "Caltech Faculty Awards and Honors 2004–2005" (PDF). California Institute of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  6. ^ "New Fellows 2012". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  7. ^ "David W.C. MacMillan". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Professor David William Cross MacMillan FRS, CorrFRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  9. ^ "The Society of SynthRyoji Noyori Prize Recipients". www.ssocj.jp (in Japanese). Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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