Felix Ho

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Molecular Biomimetics; Biophysical and Bioinorganic Chemistry

Telephone:
+46 18 471 65 79
Mobile phone:
+46 70 167 95 29
E-mail:
felix.ho@kemi.uu.se
Visiting address:
Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
75120 Uppsala
Postal address:
Box 523
75120 Uppsala

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Biography

Felix Ho is an Associate Professor and Distinguished University Teacher. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in both chemistry and law from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and a doctoral degree in biotechnology from Cambridge University, UK. He was on exchange at the McGill University Law School in Montreal, Canada.

Felix moved to Uppsala University in 2004 as a Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow. After over 10 years of research into biophysical chemistry research into the water oxidation mechanism of the photosynthetic enzyme Photosystem II using both spectroscopic and computational methods, his love of teaching was taken to the next level when he served as Director of Studies, during which time he expanded his interests to both educational development and chemistry education research at the tertiary level.

In addition to his research and teaching at Uppsala University, Felix is the Secretary of the Committee for Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), a member of the National Committee for Chemistry under the auspices of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences, as well as a member of the Education Committee of the Swedish Chemical Society. He is currently the Chair of the Faculty Educational Board for Science (NUN), the Vice-Chair of the Center for DBER in STEM his home faculty, and a member of the Faculty Council for Educational Development. He has previously been the Subject Coordinator for Chemistry and a Director of Studies. Felix has an international background, having been educated in Hong Kong, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, and has taught in Sweden, Singapore and Australia.

Research

Felix's current research focus is on learning and teaching at the interdisciplinary interface between mathematics and chemistry, using multiple theoretical perspectives to capture and investigate what challenges students encounter while trying to apply mathematics, including the cognitive and conceptual aspects involved, and exploring possible synergies across the disciplines to support students in developing their conceptual understanding of both mathematics and chemistry in an integrated and meaningful manner. He is also involved in international collaborative projects on systems thinking in chemistry, as well as approaches to enhance organic chemistry education through insights from physical chemistry.

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