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
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, a member of the Education Committee of the Swedish Chemical Society, the Vice-Chair of the Center for DBER in STEM his home faculty, a member of the Faculty Council for Educational Development, as well as the Subject Coordinator for Chemistry. He 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.

Publications
Recent publications
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Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
Part of Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research (DISER), 2025
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Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 377-397, 2025
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Part of Photosynthesis Research, 2025
- DOI for Probing substrate water access through the O1 channel of Photosystem II by single site mutations and membrane inlet mass spectrometry
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Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 242-265, 2024
- DOI for How much is just maths?: Investigating problem solving in chemical kinetics at the interface of chemistry and mathematics through the development of an extended mathematical modelling cycle
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Part of Journal of Chemical Education, p. 4011-4017, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
Part of Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research (DISER), 2025
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Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 377-397, 2025
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Part of Photosynthesis Research, 2025
- DOI for Probing substrate water access through the O1 channel of Photosystem II by single site mutations and membrane inlet mass spectrometry
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Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 242-265, 2024
- DOI for How much is just maths?: Investigating problem solving in chemical kinetics at the interface of chemistry and mathematics through the development of an extended mathematical modelling cycle
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Part of Journal of Chemical Education, p. 4011-4017, 2024
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Part of ACS Catalysis, p. 10435-10446, 2023
- DOI for Probing Substrate Transport Effects on Enzymatic Hydrogen Catalysis: An Alternative Proton Transfer Pathway in Putatively Sensory [FeFe] Hydrogenase
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Looking for solutions: students' use of infrared cameras in calorimetry labs
Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 299-311, 2023
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Can Chemistry Be a Central Science without Systems Thinking?
Part of Journal of Chemical Education, p. 2679-2681, 2019
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Turning Challenges into Opportunities for Promoting Systems Thinking through Chemistry Education
Part of Journal of Chemical Education, p. 2764-2776, 2019
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Part of Chemistry Education Research and Practice, p. 107-119, 2019
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2019
- DOI for The Dps4 from Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133 is a member of His-type FOC containing Dps protein class that can be broadly found among cyanobacteria
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Part of Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, p. 863-877, 2019
- DOI for Class Id ribonucleotide reductase utilizes a Mn2(IV,III) cofactor and undergoes large conformational changes on metal loading
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Future Directions for Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education: Putting the Pieces Together
Part of Journal of Chemical Education, p. 3000-3005, 2019
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Part of Metabolic engineering, p. 42-48, 2018
- DOI for Protein engineering of α-ketoisovalerate decarboxylase for improved isobutanol production in Synechocystis PCC 6803
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Part of Journal of Biological Chemistry, p. 16635-16646, 2018
- DOI for Differential biochemical properties of three canonical Dps proteins from the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme suggest distinct cellular functions
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Part of Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2018
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Reforms in pedagogy and the Confucian tradition: looking below the surface
Part of Cultural Studies of Science Education, p. 133-145, 2018
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Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 147-155, 2017
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Tyrosine D oxidation and redox equilibrium in Photosystem II
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 407-417, 2017
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Part of Energy & Environmental Science, p. 581-594, 2016
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Part of Energy & Environmental Science, p. 581-594, 2016
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Part of Journal of Chemical Education, p. 427-432, 2015
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Part of Biochemistry, p. 3669-3677, 2013
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Part of Biochemistry, p. 3669-3677, 2013
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Part of Biochemistry, p. 2054-2064, 2012
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Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 11-21, 2011
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Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 1152-1161, 2011
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The S-1 split signal of photosystem II: a tyrosine-manganese coupled interaction
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 882-889, 2009
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Transcription of a "silent" cyanobacterial psbA gene is induced by microaerobic conditions
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 105-112, 2009
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Direct quantification of the four individual S states in Photosystem II using EPR spectroscopy
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 496-503, 2008
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Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 140-153, 2008
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Part of Biochemistry, p. 10703-10712, 2007
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Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 5-14, 2007
Articles, review/survey
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Water in Photosystem II: Structural, functional and mechanistic considerations
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 14-32, 2014
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Structural and mechanistic investigations of photosystem II through computational methods
Part of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, p. 106-120, 2012
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Metalloradical EPR Signals from the Y-Z center dot S-State Intermediates in Photosystem II
Part of Applied Magnetic Resonance, p. 151-176, 2010
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Part of Photosynthesis Research, p. 503-522, 2008
Chapters in book
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Supportive Aspects of Online Learning and Teaching — What Does a Rapid Transition Teach Us?
Part of Digital Learning and Teaching in Chemistry, p. 15-30, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2023
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Graphs: Working with Models at the Crossroad between Chemistry and Mathematics
Part of It’s Just Math, p. 47-67, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2019
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RAw Communications and Engagement (RACE): Teaching Science Communication through Modular Design
Part of Research into practice in chemistry education, Springer Nature, 2019
Conference papers
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RAw Communication and Engagement
Part of Electronic Proceedings of the ESERA 2017 Conference. Research, Practice and Collaboration in Science Education., 2018
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Best Practices in the Use of Learning Outcomes in Chemistry Education
2013
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Part of Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun, p. 423-426, 2008
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S-state dependence of misses in the OEC probed by EPR spectroscopy of individual S-states
Part of Photosynthesis. Energy from the Sun, p. 419-422, 2008