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)

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

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

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