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Dr Junming Ho -­‐ CV NameCitizenshipMarital StatusCURRICULUM VITAEJunming HOSingaporeanMarriedACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS2011 Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Australian National University,Australia2008 Master of Science (Life Sciences), Nanyang Technological University,Singapore2002 Bachelor of Science (1 st Class Hons) in Chemistry, Australian NationalUniversity, Australia2001 Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), University of Western Australia,AustraliaSCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZESAustralian National University2012 Director’s Prize – Best PhD Thesis in Chemistry2012 Vice-Chancellor’s Travel Grant – Visiting Scientist in Iowa StateUniversity, United States of America2007-11 ANU PhD and Alan Sargeson Scholarships – PhD Studies at ResearchSchool of Chemistry2003 University Medal – Academic Excellence in the degree of Bachelor ofScience with Honours2003 Adrian Albert Chemistry Prize – Academic Excellence in Honours Year2002 Honours Scholarship – Honours Studies at Research School of ChemistryUniversity of Western Australia2002 Lady James Prize in Physical Science – Academic Excellence in thedegree of Bachelor of Science2002 Wilsmore Prize in Chemistry – Academic Excellence in Third YearChemistry2000 Frank Gamblen Scholarship – Student Exchange at University of BritishColumbia, Canada1999 Entrance Merit Award – Academic Excellence in First Year StudiesRoyal Australia Chemical Institute / Conferences2012 Cornforth Medal for Best Australian PhD Thesis in the Chemical Sciences2011 Best Oral Presentation at BioPhysChem 2011, Wollongong, Australia2010 Royal Australian Chemical Institute Travel Grant for 20 th InternationalConference on Physical Organic Chemistry, Busan, Korea2008 Poster Prize at 8 th World Association of Theoretical and ComputationalChemists, Sydney, Australia2008 Honorary Mention for oral presentation at the RACI Student Conference onPhysical Chemistry, McLaren Vale, Australia1 of 5

Dr Junming Ho -­‐ CV RESEARCH EXPERIENCEJun 2013 – Jun 2015 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, YaleUniversity, New Haven CTSupervisorResearch TopicMar 2013 – Jun 2013Supervisor:Research Topic:April 2011 – Dec 2012Supervisor:Professor Victor BatistaComputational Studies of Catalytic SystemsScientist, Institute of High Performance Computing, Agency forScience, Technology and Research, SingaporeDr Mike SullivanMechanistic Study of the Reactions of PropellanesPost-doctoral Research Fellow, Research School of Chemistry,Australian National University, AustraliaProfessor Michelle L. CooteResearch Topics: • First-principles Prediction of Reduction Potentials• Mechanistic Studies of Organic and OrganometallicReactions• Design of Ion Channel Blockers with MedicinalApplications• Benchmarking of Theoretical Procedures for Multi-referenceSystemsJul 2007 – Jan 2011Advisors:PhD Candidate, Research School of Chemistry, AustralianNational University, AustraliaProfessors Michelle L. Coote and Christopher J. EastonResearch Topics: • Development of Methods for First-principles Prediction ofSolution Phase pK a s• Theoretical and Experimental Studies of the Stabilities ofPeptide Enolates and RadicalsJan 2006 – Jun 2007Supervisor:Part-time Masters Candidate, National Institute of Education,Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeAssoc. Professor Yaw-Kai YanResearch Topic: • Synthesis and Cytotoxicity Studies of Potential Anti-TumourTransition Metal ComplexesMar 2003 – Jun 2003Supervisor:Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, NationalUniversity of Singapore, SingaporeAssoc. Professor Ryan P. A. Bettens2 of 5

Dr Junming Ho -­‐ CV 12. Ho, J.; Coote, M. L.; Easton, C. J. The Distal Effect of Electron-withdrawingGroups on the Stability of Peptide Carbon Radicals. Aust J. Chem. (2011), 64,403-408.13. Ho, J.; Easton, C. J.; Coote, M. L. The Distal Effect of Electron-withdrawingGroups and Hydrogen Bonding on the Stability of Peptide Enolates. J. Am.Chem. Soc. (2010), 132, 5515-5521.14. Ho, J.; Klamt, A.; Coote, M. L. Comment on the Correct Use of ContinuumSolvent Models. J. Phys. Chem. A (2010), 114, 13442-13444.15. Ho, J. ; Coote, M. L.; Franco-Perez, M.; Gomez-Balderas, R. First-principlesPrediction of the pK a s of Anti-inflammatory Oxicams. J. Phys Chem. A (2010),114, 11992-12003.16. Ho, J.; Coote, M. L. A Universal Approach for Continuum Solvent pK aCalculation: Are We There Yet? Theor. Chem. Acc. (2010), 125, 3-21. (Most citedpaper in 2010-11)17. Ho, J.; Coote, M. L. pK a Calculation of Some Biologically Important CarbonAcids – an Assessment of Contemporary Theoretical Procedures. J. Chem.Theory Comput. (2009), 5, 295-306.18. Fan, Y. Ho, J.; Bettens, R. P. A. Approximating Coupled Cluster VibrationalFrequencies with Composite Methods. J. Phys Chem. A (2006), 110, 2796-2800.CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS2011 Master Class (Workshop) Presentation: First-principles Prediction ofAcidities in the Gas and Solution Phase; at BioPhysChem, Wollongong,Australia2011 Oral Presentation: Validation of the Distal Effect of Electron-withdrawingGroups on the Stability of Peptide Enolates and its Exploitation in Synthesis; atBioPhysChem, Wollongong, Australia2011 Oral Presentation: Predicting pK a : Theory and Applications; at 9 th WorldAssociation of Theoretical and Computational Chemists, Santiago deCompostela, Spain2010 Oral presentation: The Distal Effect of Electron-withdrawing Group on theStability of Peptide Enolates; at 20 th International Conference on PhysicalOrganic Chemistry, Busan, Korea2009 Oral presentation: Unusual Distal Effect of Electron-withdrawing Groups andHydrogen Bonding on the Stability of Peptide Enolates; at 4 th Asian PacificConference of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Port Dickson,Malaysia2008 Poster presentation: Proton Transfer at Carbon; at 8 th World Association ofTheoretical and Computational Chemists, Sydney, Australia4 of 5

Dr Junming Ho -­‐ CV REVIEWING ACTIVITIESReviewer for Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Chemical Theory andComputation, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Journal of MolecularModelling and Australian Journal of Chemistry.TEACHING EXPERIENCE2008 – 2012 Co-Lecturer and Research Mentor,Australian National University, AustraliaDuties:• Design and Delivery of Third Year Course: Practical Aspects of ComputationalChemistry• Research Mentor for Third Year Project Students, Honours and PhD Candidates•Jan 2006 – Jul 2007 Chemistry Teacher, National University of Singapore ofHigh School of Math and Science, SingaporeDuties:• Design and Delivery of Curriculum for Students Gifted in Math and Science• Research Mentor for Senior School Students• Mentor for International Chemistry Olympiad ProgramPROGRAMMING SKILLSExperienced user of various quantum chemistry programs including Gaussian,GAMESS, Molpro, ADF and Q-Chem. Basic programming skills in Perl, Fortran andHTML5 of 5