Food Science Quality Assurance
Resume:
Curriculum Vitae
*. Personal Information
Name Girum Habte Beyene
Sex Male
Date of Birth October 11, 1977
Birth Place Addis Alem, Ethiopia Nationality Ethiopian
Marital Status Married
Country of Residence Ethiopia
2. Contact Address
Girum Habte (PhD.), Researcher
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Food Science & Nutrition Research Directorate
Mobile: 251-***-******
Tel: 251-***-******
Fax: 251-**-***-****/ 251-**-***-****
E-mail: *******@*****.*** ; *****.*****@****.***.** P.O.Box: 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
3. Educational Background
Primary School Addis Alem Primary School
Middle & Secondary School Addis Alem Comprehensive Secondary School Tertiary Education
1994-1997: Kotebe College of Teachers Education, Ethiopia Awarded Diploma in Chemistry
1999-2003: Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Science, Ethiopia Awarded Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
2005-2008: Addis Ababa University, School of Pharmacy, Ethiopia Awarded Masters of Science in Pharmaceutical Analysis & Quality Assurance
2013-2015: Chosun University, College of Natural Sciences, Republic of Korea Awarded……. PhD. in Food and Nutrition (Specialization in Food Chemistry)
4. Professional Experience
From Feb. 2016 - until now working in the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
(EIAR), Department of Food Science and Nutrition Research; Senior Researcher.
From April. 2016 - August 2018 working in the Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU), College of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Department of Food Science & Nutrition; Assistant Professor.
From Jul. 2009 - Feb. 2013 working in Ethiopian Food & Drug Administration (EFDA); Senior Quality Control Analyst.
From Sep. 1997 - Aug. 1999 working in Hawassa University, Department of Basic Sciences; Chemistry Laboratory technician.
5. Publications
1. Girum Habte, Nibret Mekonen, Gulelat Desse, and Girma Kassa. Heavy metal contamination and health risk assessment of horticultural crops in two sub-cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Toxicology Reports, 11: 420–432, (2023). https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2214-7500(23)00094-X 2. Abera Daba, Mekuria Tadesse, Girum Habte, Alemayehu Teressa Negawo, Gezahegn Berecha. Phytochemical composition of essential oils from aromatic plants inherited with bio herbicidal activity in Arabica coffee production system of Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 10: 100368, (2022). 3. Nibret Mekonen and Girum Habte. Effect of Water and Soil Contamination by Heavy Metals in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitate), and Turnip (Brassica napus L.) at Different Stage. Annals of Environmental Science and Toxicology. 6(1): 035–040, (2022).
4. Girum Habte, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Nargis Jamila, Naeem Khan, In Min Hwang and Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Essential and Toxic Elements in Tropical Fruits by Micro-wave Assisted Digestion and Inductively Coupled Plasma- Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Analytical Letters, 50(6): 1025–1039, (2017). 5. Girum Habte, Joon Ho Hong, Jae Sung Kim, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Nargis Jamila, Naeem Khan, Kyong Su Kim. Elemental profiling and geographical differentiation of Ethiopian coffee samples through inductively coupled plasma- optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), ICP-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and direct mercury analyzer (DMA). Food Chemistry, 212: 512–520, (2016). 6. Girum Habte, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Sang Yeol Oh, Naeem Khan, Hoon Choi, Kyung Su Park, Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Toxic Heavy Metal Levels in Commonly Consumed Species of Shrimp and Shellfish Using ICP-MS/OES. Food Science & Biotechnology, 24(1): 373-378, (2015).
7. Naeem Khan, Keun Yeong Ryu, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Girum Habte, Hoon Choi, Mee Hye Kim, Kyung Su Park, Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Toxic Heavy Metals and Speciation of Arsenic in Seaweeds from South Korea. Food Chemistry, 169: 464–470, (2015).
8. Naeem Khan, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Nargis Jamila, Girum Habte, Joon Ho Hong, In Min Hwang, Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Minor and Trace Elements in Aromatic Spices by Micro-wave Assisted Digestion and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry. Food Chemistry, 158(1): 200-206, (2014). 9. Ji Yeon Choi, Girum Habte, Naeem Khan, Eun Yeong Nho, Joon Ho Hong, Hoon Choi, Kyung-Su Park & Kyong Su Kim. Determination of toxic heavy metals in Echinodermata and Chordata species from South Korea. Food Additives and Contaminants - Part B Surveillance, 7(4): 295-301, (2014). 10. In Seon Jeong, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, In Min Hwang, Naeem Khan, Girum Habte, Hye Young Seo, Byung Sook Kim and Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Radiation Induced Hydrocarbons in Irradiated Camembert and Processed Cheese by GC-MS. Analytical Letters, 47(1): 34-47, (2014).
11. In Min Hwang, Naeem Khan, Eun Yeong Nho, Ji Yeon Choi, Young Shin Hong, Girum Habte, Joon Ho Hong, Hee-Yun Kim, Bumsoo Han, Kyong Su Kim. Detection of Hydrocarbons Induced by Gamma and Electron Beam Irradiation in Ground Beef by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Letters, 47(6): 923-933, (2014).
12. Naeem Khan, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, In Min Hwang, Girum Habte, Murad Ali Khan, Kyung Su Park, Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Mineral Elements in Milk Products by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry. Analytical Letters, 47(9): 1606-1613, (2014).
13. Naeem Khan, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Girum Habte, Nargis Jamila, Joon Ho Hong, Keun Yeoung Ryu, Kyung Su Park, Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Macronutrients in Spices by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry. Analytical letters, 47(14): 2394-2405, (2014). 14. Girum Habte, Ariaya Hymete, Abdel-Maaboud Ismail Mohamed. Simultaneous Separation and Determination of Lamivudine and Zidovudine in Pharmaceutical Formulations Using the HPTLC method. Analytical letters, 42 (11): 1552-1570,
(2009).
6. Papers presented at conferences/published proceedings 1. Girum Habte, Nibret Mekonen. Determination of toxic metal contamination in horticultural crops and risk assessment on dietary exposure. Food Safety Research Conference in Ethiopia titled: Food Safety in Ethiopia – Evidence and Policy. Oct. 26
– 27, 2023. ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
2. Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Naeem Khan, Girum Habte, Joon Ho Hong and Kyong Su Kim. Determination of volatile organic compounds in Korean Ginseng
(Panax ginseng) by Simultaneous Distillation Extraction (SDE) and GC-MS analysis. 16
th
International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies, PoG.13, pp. 20. ExTech-2014, May 25-28, 2014. Technical University of Crete, Crete Island, Greece.
3. Eun Yeong Nho, Ji Yeon Choi, Girum Habte, Sang Yeol Oh, Yun Mi Dang, Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Pd, Cd, As, Al and Hg in Cucurbitaceae Plants from South Korea. International Symposium and Annual Meeting. Lifelong Health and Wellness from Nutrition and Food. Oct. 27 – 29, 2014, Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Korea.
4. Girum Habte, Behailu Urgessa and Kyoung-Su Kim. HPTLC determination of some water soluble vitamins present in pharmaceuticals. 4 th
International Conference and
Exhibition on Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques October 15-17, 2013 Hampton Inn Tropicana, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Journal of Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques, ISSN: 2155-9872, DOI: 10.4172/2155-9872.S1.015 5. In Min Hwang, Sung Hwa Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Ji Yeon Choi, Girum Habte, Naeem Khan, Bumsoo Han, Joong-Ho Kwon, and Kyong Su Kim. Detection of Hydrocarbons Induced by Gamma and Electron Beam Irradiation in Ground Beef. International, Meeting on Radiation Processing (IMRP-2013), FI-130, pp-184, Nov 04-08, 2013, Shanghai, China.
6. In Seon Jeong, In Min Hwang, Sung Hwa Choi, Girum Habte, Ji Yeon Lee, Kyong Su Park, Byung Sook Kim, Kyong Su Park. Effect of Gamma and Electron Irradiation on Volatile Organic Compounds of Dried Ginger (Zingiber officinale).
(IMRP-2013), TC-136, pp-234, Nov 04-08, 2013, Shanghai, China. 7. In Min Hwang, Eun Yeong Nho, Ji Yeon Choi, Naeem Khan, Girum Habte, Jae Sung Kim, Kyung Su Park, Hoon Choi, Mee Hye Kim, Kyong Su Kim. Evaluation of Heavy Metals Concentration in Giant Octopus and Beka Squids from South Korea. KFN International Symposium and Annual Meeting (Food Safety for Food Industry), P02-21, pp 233, Nov 13-15, 2013, Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea. 8. Girum Habte, Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, Naeem Khan, In Min Hwang, Kyung Su Park, Hoon Choi, Mee Hye Kim, Kyong Su Kim. Toxic Heavy Metals Analysis in Shrimps and Shellfishes from South Korea, Using ICP-MS, ICP-OES and DMA. KFN International Symposium and Annual Meeting (Food Safety for Food Industry), P02-22, pp 233, Nov 13-15, 2013, Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea. 9. Ji Yeon Choi, Eun Yeong Nho, In Min Hwang, Naeem Khan, Girum Habte, Sam Hyeok Kim, Sang Yeol Oh, Ha Ya Yeong Choi, In Seon Jeong, Young Shin Hong, Kyong Su Kim. Application of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Trace Elements in Cocumber Varieties from South Korea. KFN International Symposium and Annual Meeting (Food Safety for Food Industry), P02- 23, pp 233, Nov 13-15, 2013, Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea. 10. Naeem Khan, Girum Habte, In Min Hwang, Eun Yeong Nho, Ji Yeon Choi, Joon Ho Hong, Sang Yeol Oh, Ha Yeong Choi, In Seon Jeong, Young Shin Hong, Kyong Su Kim. Determination of Essential Trace Elements in Selected Stone Fruits by Indutively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry after Digestion by Micro-Wave Induced Combustion. KFN International Symposium and Annual Meeting (Food Safety for Food Industry), P02-24, pp 233, Nov 13-15, 2013, Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea.
11. Eun Yeong Nho, Ji Yeon Choi, In Min Hwang, Naeem Khan, Girum Habte, Sang Yeol Oh, Ha Yeong Choi, Haejong Yang, Sam Hyeok Kim, Kyong Su Kim. Levels of Trace Elements in Selected Berry Fruits from South Korea by Inductively Coupled- Plasma Mass Spectrometry. KFN International Symposium and Annual Meeting
(Food Safety for Food Industry), P02-37, pp 236, Nov 13-15, 2013, Kimdaejung Convention Center, Gwangju, Korea.
7. Selected research projects
7.1. Current (EIAR)
No. Project Name Institute
Project
Fund
(US$)
Duration Role
1 Determination & Public
Health significance of Toxic
Heavy Metals in Horticulture
Crops, Soil, & Water
Ethiopian
Institute of
Agricultural
Research (EIAR)
Gov’t
Ended
Coordinator
2. Quantitative Assessment of
Multi-residue Mycotoxins in
Maize, Ground nuts, Coffee,
Red pepper, Milk & Feed
and their Potential Impacts
on Human Health
Ethiopian
Institute of
Agricultural
Research (EIAR)
Gov’t
Ended
Coordinator
&
Researcher
3. Geographical Differentiation
of Tef (Eragrostis tef) Based
on Multi-elemental
(inorganic) and Amino Acid
(organic) Profile Data.
Ethiopian
Institute of
Agricultural
Research (EIAR)
Gov’t
Ended
Coordinator
4 Origin Authentication &
Determination of Adulterants
in Ethiopian Butter Based on
Fatty acid & Multi-elemental
analysis.
Ethiopian
Institute of
Agricultural
Research (EIAR)
Gov’t
Ended
Coordinator
5 Determination, Optimization
& Quantitative Assessment
of Health Risks Associated
with Acrylamide Level in
Roasted Coffee Beans.
Ethiopian
Institute of
Agricultural
Research (EIAR)
Gov’t
Ended
Coordinator
6 Improved rural livelihoods
through support to
Moringa value chain
development in SNNPR,
Ethiopia.
EIAR-FAO
95,000
May 2023
- up to
date
PI
7.2. During my Ph D. Study
8. Books Edited/Reviewed
- Food science and nutrition completed research 2017/2018 – EIAR
- Food science and nutrition completed research 2019/2020 – EIAR
- Food science and nutrition completed research 2021/2022 – EIAR 9. List of certification obtained /Trainings Taken/ 7. - Certificate from Ethiopian Public Health Institute on partnership management for effective multi-sectoral coordination & collaboration. Dec. 23, 2022.
- Certificate from Wageningen University and Research facilitated by Wageningen center for development innovation (WCDI-WUR) and the sustainable healthy diets through food systems programme (SHiFT) by CGIAR on food system governance. 14 Nov. – 16 Dec. 2022.
- Certificate from USP DQI from the training workshop on good documentation practices and safety in the laboratory. July 13 - 17, 2011. No. Project Name Institute
Project
Fund
(US$)
Duration Role
1
Study on Indicator of Red
Pepper Powder on Dry Method
Ministry Of Food
And Drug Safety,
Korea
100,000
2015.1
~2015.11
Research
Associate
2
Study of Heavy Metals and
Safety Control in Processed
Food
Ministry Of Food
And Drug Safety,
Korea
300,000
2015.1
~2015.11
Research
Associate
3
Study of enatiomeric
composition ratio (ee-value) in
volatile organic compounds of
domestic major spices
National Research
Foundation of
Korea
101,400
2013.11
~2015.10
Research
Associate
4
Study of Heavy Metals and
Safety Control in Meat
Ministry Of Food
And Drug Safety,
Korea
300,000
2014.1
~2014.11
Research
Associate
5
Study on Indicator of Food
Ingredients and DB Build
Ministry Of Food
And Drug Safety,
Korea
100,000
2014.3
~2014.11
Research
Associate
6
Study of Heavy Metals and
Safety Control in Fruits
Ministry Of Food
And Drug Safety,
Korea
300,000
2013.1
~2013.11
Research
Associate
7
Establishment and Validation of
Analysis Method for In-organic
Arsenic in Laver Products
Korean Food
Research Institute,
Korea
30,000
2013.4
~2013.11
Research
Associate
- Certificate from USP DQI from the training workshop on identification by infrared spectrophotometer, July 26 - 28, 2010.
- Certificate from USP/PQM and WHO from the training workshop on Basic Good Manufacturing and Inspection, June 28 - July 2, 2010.
- Certificate from the Korean Oriental Medicine Research Institute training workshop on modernization of traditional medicine, April 8 - 23, 2010, Deijan, Korea.
- Certificate from USP DQI from the training workshop on practical HPLC and dissolution using Lumfantrine-Arthemether tablets, October 19 - 23, 2009.
- Certificate from EFDA for the contribution I made during the accreditation of quality control laboratory (ISO/IEC 17025).
10. Language Skills;LaEnglish: Fluent in spoken and written English Amharic: Fluent in spoken and written Amharic
11. Referees
Dr Nigussie Alemayehu
Lead Researcher
ENARESS Project Coordinator
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) E-mail: ***********@*****.***
Tel: +251-***-******
Dr Tesfaye Shimber
Lead Researcher
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
E-mail: **************@*****.***
Tel: +251-***-******
Dr Habtamu Admasu
Associate professor
Food Process Engineering Department
Addis Ababa Science & Technology University (AASTU) E-mail: ***********@****.***
Tel: +251*********
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