Leonora A. Hohl

Leonora A. Hohl (9 March 1909 – 30 June 1997) was a microbiologist from the College of Agriculture at the University of California, Berkeley. She was educated at the University of California and University of Michigan. She returned to UC Berkeley for the vast majority of her professional life. She specialized in the study of sugar content and acid production of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Education

Hohl began her education at the University of California, receiving her B.A. in 1931. She then matriculated to University of Michigan where she obtained her M.A. in 1934. She returned to University of California to complete her doctoral education (1939).

Scientific career

Hohl's early work focused on the characterization of acids produced by S. cerevisiae during fermentation of sugar. Later in her career, she worked on freezing preservation of fruits and vegetables with Maynard Jocelyn.

Selected publications

• Hohl, Leonora A. (1942). "A Study of Organisms Found in Lactic Acid Fermentation of Lettuce". Journal of Food Science. 7 (4): 309–312. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2621.1942.tb17655.x.
• M. A. Joslyn and Leonora A. Hohl. (1948). The commercial freezing of fruit products. California Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 703.