Nobel-prize winning scientist Professor David MacMillan has revealed he wept tears of joy after being told he was to receive a knighthood.
The US-based Scot was recognised in the Queen’s Overseas and International birthday honours list for his outstanding contribution to chemistry.
Professor MacMillan, 54, originally from New Stevenston, Lanarkshire, won the Nobel Prize for chemistry last year for his groundbreaking work on the development of catalysts.