She is a past president of the American Society for Microbiology ( 1990-1991 ) and of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology ( 2001-2002 ), and past Editor in Chief of " Mycologia " ( 2000-2004 ).
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Hence, to orient the society for new challenges, the school has started new courses for the M . Sc . degree in the areas of food microbiology and toxicology, industrial microbiology and nanoscience and nanotechnology under the Contemporary and Innovative Courses Programme.
