Latin American Subcommission

The Subcommission promotes ICMSF activities among food microbiologists in the region and facilitates communication worldwide.

CHAIR (2021-PRESENT)

Bernadette D G M Franco, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Miguel Zazopulos, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa María, Viña del Mar, Chile

Marta Hiromi Taniwaki, Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campinas, Brazil

Bernadette D G M Franco, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cristina Lopez, Unversidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay

Janeth Luna Cortes, The Food Consortium Colombia SAS, Bogota, Colombia

Maria Isabel Calderón, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Miguel Zazopulos, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa María, Vina del Mar, Chile

Santana León Alfaro, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru

Silvia Raffelini, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ana Carina Carrascal, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Lima, Peru (observer member)

Francisco Garcés Vega, food safety consultant, Bogota, Colombia (observer member)

Marta Hiromi Taniwaki, Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campinas, Brazil (observer member)

Eliana Benedetti Mallqui, Microbiolo S.A., Lima, Peru (observer member)

Rafael Camperchiol, Paraguay

Hernan Puerta Cardona, Colombia

Nenufar Sosa Caruso, Uruguay

Mauro Faber de Freitas Leitao, Brazil

Yolanda Ortega de Gutierrez, Mexico

Ethel GV Amato de Lagarde, Argentina

Elvira Regus de Pons, Dominican Republic

Josefina Gomez-Ruiz, Venezuela (Chair 1969-95)

Sebastião Timo Iaria, Brazil

Eliana Marambio, Chile

Silvia Mendoza, Chile

Fernando Quevedo, Peru

Cesar Davila Saa, Ecuador

Maria Alina Ratto, Peru (Chair 1996-2017)

Dora Martha Gonzalez, Uruguay

Ricardo Sobol, Argentina (Chair 2017-2020)

Pilar Hernandez, Venezuela