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
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
MEMBERS
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)
FORMER 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