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INTERNATIONAL STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON ALTERNATIVE
METHODS (ISPAM)
Maria Cristina Fernandez
, Ph.D.
University of Buenos Aires
Maria Cristina is a Biochemist and Pharmacist from the Buenos
Aires University, Argentina. She has worked in Microbiology for
more than 30 years.
She is a Researcher at Maimonides University, Buenos Aires,
Argentina. She is a Professor of Microbiology at Pharmacy and
Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires.
She is auditor in microbiology for the Argentinean Accreditation
Organism and is Coordinator of the Good Laboratory Practices group on Microbiology of the
Argentine Society for Microbiology. She is member of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Expert Review
Committee for Microbiology, and a reviewer in Microbiology for the AOAC INTERNATIONAL
OMA and the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Research Institute. She is member of the Executive
Committee of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Latin American and Caribbean Section. She has
participated in the redaction and edition of standards, books and manuals in the field of
microbiology. She is an author of 30 publications and poster presentations and she also
participated in several scientific presentations.
She has been a short term expert for the Pan American Health Organization and for UE. She is
the Past President of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Latin American and Caribbean Section.