Yoshito Kishi
Yoshito Kishi | |
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Kishi in 2003 | |
| Born | 13 April 1937 |
| Died | 9 January 2023 (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | Nagoya University (BS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | Nagoya University Harvard University |
| Thesis | ウミホタルルシフェリンの構造とその全合成 (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | Yoshimasa Hirata |
| Doctoral students | Tohru Fukuyama Stuart L. Schreiber |
| Other notable students | René Peters (chemist) |
Yoshito Kishi (岸 義人, Kishi Yoshito; 13 April 1937 – 9 January 2023) was a Japanese chemist who was the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. He was known for his contributions to the sciences of organic synthesis and total synthesis.