Dr. Lukas Kurniawan

Research themes
  • Food and nutrition
  • Health
Research countries
  • Germany
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Indonesia
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • South Africa
  • Nigeria
Research projects

1. ALIMUS - We are feeding! Multi-center, cluster-randomised controlled trial on the effects of a home garden and nutrition counseling intervention to reduce child undernutrition in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya. 

2. ARISE - NUTRINT. The Africa research, implementation science, and education (ARISE) network - Reducing nutrition related non-communicable diseases in adolescence and youth: interventions and policies to boost nutrition fluency and diet quality in Africa. 

3. DASH. Research network for design and evaluation of adolescent health interventions and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Working groups

Nutrition and Planetary Health

Climate Change, Nutrition, and Health

Teaching

1. Academic writing skills: Introduction to systematic literature review process

2. HEALTH Module: Study design in epidemiology

3. NUTRITION Module: Dietary pattern analysis, causal analysis, introduction to quasi-experimental analysis 

Professional experience

August 2024 to present: Senior researcher at Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn

August 2024 to present (part time): Postdoc at Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), University of Heidelberg

November 2022 to July 2024 (full time): Postdoc at Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), University of Heidelberg

September 2020 to May 2022 (full time): Project research assistant at National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taiwan. 

Degrees

2017 - 2020: PhD in Nutrition and Health Sciences at Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

2015 - 2017: Master of Science in Nutrition and Health Sciences at Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

2010 - 2014: Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and Dietetics at Brawijaya University, Indonesia

Expertise

I specialise in analysing big data to predict non-communicable diseases through dietary patterns. With over five years of experience, my passion lies in utilising data-driven insights to improve population health outcomes and drive evidence-based policies. My skill set includes project planning, coordination, and management, as well as experise in adolescent health, nutrition education, and nutritional analysis

Research affiliation

1. Transdiciplinary Research Area (TRA) "Sustainable Futures) of Center for Development Research (ZEF), Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn.

2. Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), Medical Faculty and University Hospital, Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. 

2024

Kurniawan AL, Ostojic S, Shinde S, Laxy M, Neumann C, Berhane H, Berhane Y, Hoe CH, Liu S, Brandt I, Guwatudde D, Mkwanazi NB, Partap U, Tinkasimile A, ARISE-NUTRINT Collaborators.  2024.  Enhancing adolescent and youth health through nutrition fluency in Sub-Saharan Africa: ARISE-NUTRINT initiative.  Perspective in Public Health, 144 (4)   : 215   . (Open Access)   Further Information
Kurniawan AL, Ranisavljev M, Partap U, Shinde S, Ferrero E, Ostojic S, Mkwanazi N, Alangea DO, Neumann C, Liu S, Bärnighausen T, Fawzi WW, ARISE-NUTRINT Collaborators.  2024.  Community-based interventions targeting multiple forms of malnutrition among adolescents in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a scoping review.  BMJ Open, 14:e078969   . (Open Access)  
Kurniawan AL, Schretzmann J, Paramastri R, Cho A, Sie A, Fischer MS, Bärnighausen T, Ditzen B.  2024.  Relationship satisfaction and metabolic health parameters: a cross-sectional study in Burkinabe population of older adults.  BMC Public Health, 24:827   . (Open Access)   Further Information

2022

Kurniawan AL, Hsu CYC, Chao JCJ, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Jallow AW.  2022.  Association of two indices of insulin resistance marker with abnormal liver function tests: a cross-sectional population study in Taiwanese adults.  Medicina, 58(1)   . (Open Access)  

2021

Kurniawan AL, Chin MY, Yang YL, Hsu CY, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Ni PY, Chao JCJ..  2021.  Association between metabolic parameters and risks of anemia and electrolyte disturbances among stages 3-5 chronic kidney disease patients in Taiwan.  BMC Nephrology, 22(1)   . (Open Access)  
Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Chao JCJ, Lin LY, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Hsieh NC, Wu SFV..  2021.  Interactive effects of unhealthy lifestyle behaviors on testicular function among healthy adult men: a cross-sectional study in Taiwan..  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9)   . (Open Access)  
Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Chao JCJ, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Lai PC, Hsieh NC, Wu SFV.  2021.  Association of testosterone related dietary pattern with testicular function among adult men: a cross-sectional health screening study in Taiwan.  Nutrients, 13(1)   . (Open Access)  
Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Rau HH, Lin LY, Chao JCJ.  2021.  Association of kidney functionrelated dietary pattern, weight status, and cardiovascular risk factors with severity of impaired kidney function in middle-aged and older adults with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional population study.  Nutrition Journal BioMed Central, 18(1)   . (Open Access)  
Kurniawan AL, Yang YL, Chin MY, Hsu CY, Paramastri R, Lee HA, Ni PY, Chao JCJ..  2021.  Association of nutrition education and its interaction with lifestyle factors on kidney function parameters and cardiovascular risk factors among chronic kidney disease patients in Taiwan.  Nutrients, 13(2)   . (Open Access)  

2020

Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Lee HA, Rau HH, Paramastri R, Syauqy A, Chao JCJ.  2020.  Comparing two methods for deriving dietary patterns associated with risk of metabolic syndrome among middle-aged and elderly Taiwanese adults with impaired kidney function.  BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1)   .

2019

Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Rau HH, Lin LY, Chao JCJ.  2019.  Dietary patterns in relation to testosterone levels and severity of impaired kidney function among middle-aged and elderly men in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study.  Nutrition Journal BioMed Central, 18(1)   . (Open Access)  
Kurniawan AL, Hsu CY, Rau HH, Lin LY, Chao JCJ.  2019.  Inflammatory related dietary pattern predicts dyslipidemia and anemia in middle-aged and older Taiwanese adults with declined kidney function: a cross- sectional population study from 2008 to 2010.  Nutrients, 11(9)   . (Open Access)  
Kurniawan AL, Lee YC, Shih CK, Hsieh RH, Chen SH, Chang JS.  2019.  Alteration in iron efflux affects male sex hormone testosterone biosynthesis in diet-induced obese rat model.  Food and Function, 10(7)   . (Open Access)  

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Lukas Kurniawan

Senior Researcher

Division/Group:
Nutrition and Planetary Health

E-Mail:
lukas.kurniawan(at)uni-bonn.de

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