Jordan Kahfi

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Building 2, Level 3, 3255-WS08

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Biography

Jordan earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Food Science from IPB University, Indonesia. He has been active as a researcher at the National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (BRIN) since 2021. In 2023, he joined KAUST as a PhD student and is currently working under Prof. Monika in the Stress Granule Group. His core expertise lies in NMR- and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, with research spanning medicinal plants, crop plants, and food analysis. His main projects include Alzheimer’s drug discovery from medicinal plants collected across diverse geolocations, amyloid-beta protein aggregation kinetics, and the study of stress granule kinetics in sesame from different genotypes under heat stress.

Selected Publications

1)  "Untargeted metabolomics and in Silico screening of sisymbrium officinale: identification of flavonoid glycosides as potential Anti-inflammatory agents."  Jordan Kahfi, Dicki Rachman, Devi Permatasari, Siska Andrina Kusumastuti, Mayriska Tri Wulansari, Salim Sioud, Rashed Manasra et al.Journal of Proteome Research 24, no. 8 (2025): 3943-3960.

2) "Cracking the sulfur code: Garlic bioactive molecules as multi-target blueprints for drug discovery." Faizul Azam, Md Jamir Anwar, Jordan Kahfi, Suliman A. Almahmoud, and Abdul-Hamid Emwas. Pharmaceuticals 18, no. 11 (2025): 1766.

3) "NMR Metabolomic Profiling of Differentiated SH-SY5Y Neuronal Cells: Amyloid-β Toxicity and Protective Effects of Galantamine and Lycorine." Arian Kola, Filippo Costanti, Jordan Kahfi, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Mariusz Jaremko, and Daniela Valensin. Cells 14, no. 7 (2025): 525.

4) "The detection of adulteration of olive oil with various vegetable oils–A case study using high-resolution 700 MHz NMR spectroscopy coupled with multivariate data analysis." Hibah Alharbi,  Jordan Kahfi, Ayindrila Dutta, Mariusz Jaremko, and Abdul-Hamid Emwas. Food Control 166 (2024): 110679.

5) "Utilizing NMR and UHPLC–timsTOF–MS based metabolomics approaches for the detection of adulterated tallow." Hibah Alharbi, Ayindrila Dutta, Jordan Kahfi, Mariusz Jaremko, and Abdul-Hamid Emwas. LWT (2025): 118454.

Education

2019: M.Sc in Food Science, IPB University, Indonesia

2012: B.Sc. in Food Science and Technology, IPB University, Indonesia

Professional Profile

2021-now: Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia

2015-2021: Researcher, Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology

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