Senior Lecturer
Dr Junming Ho
PhD (ANU)
BSc Hons I, University Medal (ANU)
BSc (UWA)
Science
School of Chemistry
Junming Ho is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and the Australian National University. He was an A*STAR International Research Fellow at Yale (USA) and a research scientist in the Agency for Science, Research and Technology (Singapore). In 2017, he joined UNSW as a lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Chemistry where he is currently a Senior Lecturer.
- Publications
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Teaching and Supervision
ARC Discovery Project (DP210102698) - Understanding how nanoconfinement can enhance electrochemical reactions
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE160100807) - Anion transporters as novel therapeutic agents
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2016-2020)
Erasmus Mundus Visiting Professorship, KU Leuven (2016)
RACI Cornforth Medal (2012)
My research interests lie in the development and application of computational chemistry simulations to understand and predict the behaviour of molecules. This insight is crucial for coming up with better ways to synthesis valuable chemicals such as drugs or materials. Specific topics of interest:
- Solvent modelling
- Hybrid quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) methods
- Molecular dynamics simulations
- High-level ab initio methods
- Physical organic chemistry
- Catalysis
I am a passionate science educator and have taught a range of chemistry courses across different levels. I am also involved in the development of new educational resources, including novel laboratory and workshop materials. I contribute to the chemical education literature through using computational chemistry simulations to enhance our pedagogical content knowledge of challenging chemistry concepts.
CHEM1031/1051 - Higher Chemistry 1A: Atoms, Molecules and Energy
CHEM2041 - Analytical Chemistry: Essential Methods
CHEM3011 - Quantum Nature of Molecules
CHEM3051 - Medicinal Organic Chemistry