University of California–Irvine Graduate Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry

A student crosses the University of California–Irvine campus in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 25, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

IRVINE, Calif.—David MacMillan, who earned his doctorate from the University of California–Irvine, is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, an honor he is sharing with Benjamin List, who is a former student and assistant professor at Scripps Research in La Jolla, it was on Oct. 6.

MacMillan and List were awarded the Nobel Prize for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction called organocatalysis, according to a release on NobelPrize.org.