David MacMillan And Benjamin List, Scientists With Major SoCal Ties, Win Nobel Prize In Chemistry
MacMillan earned his doctorate at UC Irvine, and List was an assistant professor at Scripps Research in La Jolla.
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MacMillan earned his doctorate at UC Irvine, and List was an assistant professor at Scripps Research in La Jolla.
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