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Koji Nakanishi 中西 香爾 | |
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 K. Nakanishi, 1967 | |
| Born | 11 May 1925 |
| Died | 28 March 2019 (aged 93) |
| Nationality | Japanese[1] |
| Citizenship | Japan |
| Alma mater | Nagoya University |
| Awards | Ernest Guenther Award (1978) Japan Academy Prize (1990) Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy (1990) Arthur C. Cope Award (1990) Scheele Award (1992) William H. Nichols Medal (1992) Welch Award (1996) Person of Cultural Merit (1999) King Faisal International Prize (2003) Order of Culture (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Tokyo University of Education Tohoku University Columbia University |
| Thesis | ロゼオスライシンから得られた二種のアミノ酸の構造 (1954) |
| Doctoral advisor | Yoshimasa Hirata |
| Doctoral students | Ge Li |
| Other notable students | Satoshi Ōmura |
Koji Nakanishi (中西 香爾, Nakanishi Kōji, May 11, 1925 – March 28, 2019) was a Japanese chemist who studied bioorganic chemistry and natural products. He served as Centennial Professor of Chemistry and chair of the Chemistry Department at Columbia University.