Latin American Subcommission
The Latin American Subcommission promotes ICMSF activities among food microbiologists in the region and facilitates communication worldwide.
Read the LAS-ICMSF By-laws (8 May 2024)
Read the LAS-ICMSF report for 2024 (03 February 2025)
CHAIR (2021-PRESENT)
Bernadette D G M Franco, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Miguel Zazopulos, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa María, Viña del Mar, Chile
LIAISON ICMSF
Marta Hiromi Taniwaki, Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campinas, Brazil
REGULAR MEMBERS
Ana Karina Carrascal Camacho, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Bernadette Dora Gombossy de Melo Franco, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Cristina Lopez, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
Eliana Benedetti Mallqui, Microbiol S.A., Lima, Peru
Francisco Javier Garcés-Vega, food safety consultant, Bogotá, Colombia
Janeth Luna Cortes, The Food Consortium Colombia SAS, Bogotá, Colombia
Maria Isabel Calderón Gabaldón, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Marta Hiromi Taniwaki, Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campinas, Brazil
Miguel Zazopulos, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Viña del Mar, Chile
Montserrat Hernández Iturriaga, Universidad Autonoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Santana Leon Alfaro, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima, Peru
Silvia Raffelini, Universidad Nacional de Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina
CANDIDATE MEMBERS
HONORARY MEMBERS
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