In his laboratory apparatus, Stanley Miller synthesized

Stanley Miller was an American chemist who conducted one of the most exciting experiments in modern science. Miller's famous experiment gave an idea of how life could have developed out of non-living matter, a process called abiogenesis. Miller's experimental interests at the University of Chicago were in the field of astrobiology, which is the study of life in the universe, including its origins and evolution on Earth, as well as, potentially, elsewhere. By the end of the experiment, Miller and Urey identified many new compounds that formed in the apparatus. These included several different types of amino acids, the small molecules that make up proteins as well as simple carbohydrates.