Prof David MacMillan says growing up in Scotland meant he learned how to communicate ideas quickly.
He grew up in New Stevenston, near Bellshill, and gained his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Glasgow before moving to the US for postgraduate studies.
"Growing up in Scotland, you learn how to talk and you learn how to tell a joke and you can get to a punchline," he said."So we were able to convey to people that this was actually a pretty interesting and valuable concept that people could use in science and it certainly helped my career and certainly helped the science move forward, but it wouldn't have happened if I was not Scottish.
"We invented these new types of catalysis that allowed you to do things you couldn't do before, to make new materials, new stuff around you.
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