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 the School of Chemistry at UNSW where he is currently an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow.
My Grants
ARC Future Fellowship (FT240100584) - Taking...view more
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 the School of Chemistry at UNSW where he is currently an Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow.
My Grants
ARC Future Fellowship (FT240100584) - Taking quantum chemistry from vacuum to the real world
ARC Discovery Project (DP210102698) - Understanding how nanoconfinement can enhance electrochemical reactions
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE160100807) - Anion transporters as novel therapeutic agents
My Qualifications
PhD (ANU)
BSc Hons I, University Medal (ANU)
BSc (UWA)
My Awards
UNSW Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2023)
RACI Physical Chemistry Lectureship (2022)
ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2016-2020)
Erasmus Mundus Visiting Professorship, KU Leuven (2016)
RACI Cornforth Medal (2012)
My Research Activities
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
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Currently supervising
- Junbo Chen, PhD student
- Isolde Sandler, PhD student
- Gabriella Marcolin, PhD student
- Mackenzie Taylor, PhD student
- Minzhi Wang, PhD student
My Teaching
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
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