Koji Nakanishi

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Koji Nakanishi 中西 香爾
K. Nakanishi, 1967
Born	(1925-05-11)11 May 1925 British Hong Kong
Died	28 March 2019(2019-03-28) (aged 93) New York, New York, U.S.
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.