Dr. Taniwaki is a scientific researcher at the Food Technology Institute (ITAL) in Campinas, Brazil. She graduated in Biology and has a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Member of the International Commission on Microbiological Specification for Foods (ICMSF); Brazilian delegation at the Codex Contaminants in Food (CCCF). Her major research areas are: 1) fungi and mycotoxins in foods; 2) biodiversity of toxigenic fungi in foods, 3) fungal physiology and mycotoxin production, 4) polyphasic approach to biosystematics of Aspergillus species. She (co-)authored >100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. She has worked on several expert consultations on food contaminants for Brazilian government, food companies and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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