Herman Jan Phaff | |
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| Born | May 30, 1913 |
| Died | August 24, 2001 (aged 88) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Technical University Delft |
| Doctoral advisor | Maynard Joslyn |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Microbiology |
| Institutions | UC Davis |
| Doctoral students | Arnold Demain |
Herman Jan Phaff (May 30, 1913 – August 24, 2001)[1] was a scientist who specialised in yeast ecology. He was born in the Netherlands before moving to California at age of 26. He was active in Californian universities until his death. During his career he accumulated thousands of strains of yeast from the wild, and described 60 new taxa of yeast.
- ^ Phaff, H. J. (1986). "My Life With Yeasts". Annual Review of Microbiology. 40: 1–28. doi:10.1146/annurev.mi.40.100186.000245. PMID 3535641.