Khairun Nafiz Tumu

Khairun Nafiz Tumu

Position
  • Doctoral Student
  • Graduate Research Assistant
Khairun Nafiz Tumu is a Graduate Student in the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the Iowa State University and is affiliated with the Polymer and Food Protection Consortium. She is doing her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Greg Curtzwiler and serving as a Graduate Research Assistant. Her research interest is focused on finding non-intentionally added substance (NIAS), intentionally added substance (IAS), and endocrine modulating chemicals (phthalate, bisphenols) in recycled polymer material and gathering knowledge on polymer recycling legislation/policies. Her research at Iowa State University is funded by the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS).
She has her master’s degree in Food Science, Technology and Business (BiFTec) from KU Leuven, Belgium, and is an awardee of Erasmus Mundus from the European Commission. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology was her major during her bachelor's and first master’s degree from JUST, Bangladesh. Her master's research work was funded with NST Fellowship by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Bangladesh. Khairun has experience in solvent extraction of polymeric material, performing chromatographic analysis (GC-MS, GC-QqQ), proximate composition analysis, rheological property analysis (Texture Analyzer - TA), etc.

Contact

Email
kntumu@iastate.edu
1551 Food Sciences
536 Farm House Ln
Ames
,
IA
50011-1054
Social Media and Websites

Education

  • M.S., Food Science, Technology and Business, KU Leuven
  • M.S., Biotechnology, Jashore University of Science and Technology
  • B.S., Genetic Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology

Affiliations

List of Publications

BROWN, J. L., RADHAKRISHNAN, H., COFFMAN, I., TUMU, K., CURTZWILER, G., VORST, K., SMITH, R., BAI, X., & DAUGAARD, T. J. 2024. Catalytic Upgrading of Pyrolysis Condensables from Postconsumer Polyolefins Using HZSM-5. Energy & Fuels, 38, 21, 21162–21173. (link)

TUMU, K., VORST, K. & CURTZWILER, G. 2024. Understanding intentionally and non-intentionally added substances and associated threshold of toxicological concern in post-consumer polyolefin for use as food packaging materials. Heliyon, 10, 1, e23620. (link)

TUMU, K., VORST, K. & CURTZWILER, G. 2023. Global plastic waste recycling and extended producer responsibility laws. Journal of Environmental Management, 348, 119242. (link)

TUMU, K., VORST, K. & CURTZWILER, G. 2023. Endocrine modulating chemicals in food packaging: A review of phthalates and bisphenols. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 22(2), 1337-1359. (link)

LI, H., AGUIRRE-VILLEGAS, H. A., ALLEN, R. D., BAI, X., BENSON, C. H., BECKHAM, G. T., BRADSHAW, S. L., BROWN, J. L., BROWN, R. C., CECON, V. S., CURLEY, J. B., CURTZWILER, G. W., DONG, S., GAADAMEEDI, S., GARCIA, J. E., HERMANNS, I., KIM, M. S., MA, J., MARK, L. O., MAVRIKAKIS, M., OLAFASAKIN, O. O., OSSWALD, T. A., PAPANIKOLAOU, K. G., RADHAKRISHNAN, H., SANCHEZ-CASTILLO, M. A., SANCHEZ-RIVERA, K. L., TUMU, K. N., VAN LEHN, R. C., VORST, K. L., WRIGHT, M. M., WU, J., ZAVALA, V. M., ZHOU, P. HUBER, G. W.. 2022. Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges. Green Chemistry, 24, 8899-9002. (link)