Koichi Tanaka
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Who was Koichi Tanaka?
Japanese analytical chemist who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing techniques to analyze biological macromolecules using mass spectrometry.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Koichi Tanaka (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awards & Honors
| Award | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 2002 | for their development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules |
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