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Dr Henry Matovu

Bsc (Educ) & Msc (Chemistry), Mak, PhD Curtin

Education-Focused Lecturer

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The University of Sydney

Henry is an Education-focused Lecturer in The School of Chemistry at The University of Sydney, and the Director of First Year Chemistry laboratories. His research focuses on using advanced visualisation technologies like VR to enhance students’ experience and conceptual understanding in chemistry.

Research interests

Enhancing students’ chemistry visualisation. Chemistry concepts, such as molecules and their interactions are inherently abstract due to their submicroscopic nature. This project explores the development and use of innovative 3D visualisation technology, immersive Virtual Reality, for enhancing chemistry students’ experiences and conceptual understanding.

Alternative assessment strategies in chemistry education. This project explores the benefit of diagram-drawing activities for assessing conceptual understanding in chemistry education.

Pedagogical content knowledge in chemistry laboratory instruction. This research explores individual and systemic influences on the development of pedagogical content knowledge among laboratory demonstrators in undergraduate chemistry programs.

Students’ development of core chemistry competencies. This longitudinal project explores how and when undergraduate chemistry students develop key chemistry skills during their undergraduate study programs.

Teaching and supervision

CHEM1, CHEM2, CHEM3 Laboratory supervision
Director of First-Year Chemistry Laboratories

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Miiro, A., Ssebugere, P., Odume, O., Nyakairu, G., Odongo, S., Matovu, H., Drago Kato, C., Špánik, I., Sillanpaä, M., Mubiru, E. (2024). Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in aquatic ecosystems and wastewater treatment works in Africa: Occurrence, ecological implications, and future perspectives. Chemosphere, 367, 143590. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Won, M., Hernandez-Alvarado, R., Ungu, D., Treagust, D., Tsai, C., Mocerino, M., Tasker, R. (2024). The Perceived Complexity of Learning Tasks Influences Students’ Collaborative Interactions in Immersive Virtual Reality. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 33(4), 542-555. [More Information]
Won, M., Ungu, D., Matovu, H., Treagust, D., Tsai, C., Park, J., Mocerino, M., Tasker, R. (2023). Diverse approaches to learning with immersive Virtual Reality identified from a systematic review. Computers & Education, 195. [More Information]
Ngeno, E., Ongulu, R., Orata, F., Matovu, H., Shikuku, V., Onchiri, R., Mayaka, A., Majanga, E., Getenga, Z., Gichumbi, J., et al (2023). Endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater treatment plants in Kenya, East Africa: Concentrations, removal efficiency, mass loading rates and ecological impacts. Environmental Research, 237. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Ungu, D., Won, M., Tsai, C., Treagust, D., Mocerino, M., Tasker, R. (2023). Immersive virtual reality for science learning: Design, implementation, and evaluation. Studies in Science Education, 59(2), 205-244. [More Information]
Omara, T., Nagawa, C., Kyarimpa, C., Böhmdorfer, S., Rosenau, T., Omwoma, S., Matovu, H., Odongo, S., Ssebugere, P. (2023). Lacustrine Cyanobacteria, Algal Blooms and Cyanotoxins in East Africa: Implications for Human and Ecological Health Protection. Phycology, 3(1), 147-167. [More Information]
Ungu, D., Won, M., Treagust, D., Mocerino, M., Matovu, H., Tsai, C., Tasker, R. (2023). Students’ Use of Magnetic Models to Learn Hydrogen Bonding and the Formation of Snowflakes. Journal of Chemical Education, 100(7), 2504-2519. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Won, M., Treagust, D., Mocerino, M., Ungu, D., Tsai, C., Tasker, R. (2022). Analysis of students' diagrams of water molecules in snowflakes to reveal their conceptual understanding of hydrogen bonds. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 24(2), 437-452. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Won, M., Treagust, D., Ungu, D., Mocerino, M., Tsai, C., Tasker, R. (2022). Change in students' explanation of the shape of snowflakes after collaborative immersive virtual reality. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 24(2), 509-525. [More Information]
Ssepuya, F., Odongo, S., Bandowe, B., Abayi, J., Olisah, C., Matovu, H., Mubiru, E., Sillanpää, M., Karume, I., Kato, C., et al (2022). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in breast milk of nursing mothers: Correlates with household fuel and cooking methods used in Uganda, East Africa. Science of the Total Environment, 842. [More Information]
Ngeno, E., Mbuci, K., Necibi, M., Shikuku, V., Olisah, C., Ongulu, R., Matovu, H., Ssebugere, P., Abushaban, A., Sillanpää, M. (2022). Sustainable re-utilization of waste materials as adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment in Africa: Recent studies, research gaps, and way forward for emerging economies. Environmental Advances, 9. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Li, Z., Henkelmann, B., Bernhöft, S., De Angelis, M., Schramm, K., Sillanpää, M., Kato, C., Ssebugere, P. (2021). Multiple persistent organic pollutants in mothers' breastmilk: Implications for infant dietary exposure and maternal thyroid hormone homeostasis in Uganda, East Africa. Science of the Total Environment, 770. [More Information]
Ben Mukiibi, S., Nyanzi, S., Kwetegyeka, J., Olisah, C., Taiwo, A., Mubiru, E., Tebandeke, E., Matovu, H., Odongo, S., Abayi, J., et al (2021). Organochlorine pesticide residues in Uganda's honey as a bioindicator of environmental contamination and reproductive health implications to consumers. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 214. [More Information]
Abayi, J., Gore, C., Nagawa, C., Bandowe, B., Matovu, H., Mubiru, E., Ngeno, E., Odongo, S., Sillanpää, M., Ssebugere, P. (2021). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments and fish species from the White Nile, East Africa: Bioaccumulation potential, source apportionment, ecological and health risk assessment. Environmental Pollution, 278. [More Information]
Amusa, C., Rothman, J., Odongo, S., Matovu, H., Ssebugere, P., Baranga, D., Sillanpää, M. (2021). The endangered African Great Ape: Pesticide residues in soil and plants consumed by Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, East Africa. Science of the Total Environment, 758. [More Information]
Ssebugere, P., Sillanpää, M., Matovu, H., Wang, Z., Schramm, K., Omwoma, S., Wanasolo, W., Ngeno, E., Odongo, S. (2020). Environmental levels and human body burdens of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in Africa: A critical review. Science of the Total Environment, 739. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Ssebugere, P., Sillanpää, M. (2020). Prenatal exposure levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in mother-infant pairs and their transplacental transfer characteristics in Uganda (East Africa). Environmental Pollution, 258. [More Information]
Ssebugere, P., Sillanpää, M., Matovu, H., Mubiru, E. (2019). Human and environmental exposure to PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in Africa: A review. Chemosphere, 223, 483-493. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Sillanpää, M., Ssebugere, P. (2019). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in mothers' breast milk and associated health risk to nursing infants in Uganda. Science of the Total Environment, 692, 1106-1115. [More Information]

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2024

Miiro, A., Ssebugere, P., Odume, O., Nyakairu, G., Odongo, S., Matovu, H., Drago Kato, C., Špánik, I., Sillanpaä, M., Mubiru, E. (2024). Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in aquatic ecosystems and wastewater treatment works in Africa: Occurrence, ecological implications, and future perspectives. Chemosphere, 367, 143590. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Won, M., Hernandez-Alvarado, R., Ungu, D., Treagust, D., Tsai, C., Mocerino, M., Tasker, R. (2024). The Perceived Complexity of Learning Tasks Influences Students’ Collaborative Interactions in Immersive Virtual Reality. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 33(4), 542-555. [More Information]

2023

Won, M., Ungu, D., Matovu, H., Treagust, D., Tsai, C., Park, J., Mocerino, M., Tasker, R. (2023). Diverse approaches to learning with immersive Virtual Reality identified from a systematic review. Computers & Education, 195. [More Information]
Ngeno, E., Ongulu, R., Orata, F., Matovu, H., Shikuku, V., Onchiri, R., Mayaka, A., Majanga, E., Getenga, Z., Gichumbi, J., et al (2023). Endocrine disrupting chemicals in wastewater treatment plants in Kenya, East Africa: Concentrations, removal efficiency, mass loading rates and ecological impacts. Environmental Research, 237. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Ungu, D., Won, M., Tsai, C., Treagust, D., Mocerino, M., Tasker, R. (2023). Immersive virtual reality for science learning: Design, implementation, and evaluation. Studies in Science Education, 59(2), 205-244. [More Information]
Omara, T., Nagawa, C., Kyarimpa, C., Böhmdorfer, S., Rosenau, T., Omwoma, S., Matovu, H., Odongo, S., Ssebugere, P. (2023). Lacustrine Cyanobacteria, Algal Blooms and Cyanotoxins in East Africa: Implications for Human and Ecological Health Protection. Phycology, 3(1), 147-167. [More Information]
Ungu, D., Won, M., Treagust, D., Mocerino, M., Matovu, H., Tsai, C., Tasker, R. (2023). Students’ Use of Magnetic Models to Learn Hydrogen Bonding and the Formation of Snowflakes. Journal of Chemical Education, 100(7), 2504-2519. [More Information]

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2022

Matovu, H., Won, M., Treagust, D., Mocerino, M., Ungu, D., Tsai, C., Tasker, R. (2022). Analysis of students' diagrams of water molecules in snowflakes to reveal their conceptual understanding of hydrogen bonds. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 24(2), 437-452. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Won, M., Treagust, D., Ungu, D., Mocerino, M., Tsai, C., Tasker, R. (2022). Change in students' explanation of the shape of snowflakes after collaborative immersive virtual reality. Chemistry Education: Research and Practice, 24(2), 509-525. [More Information]
Ssepuya, F., Odongo, S., Bandowe, B., Abayi, J., Olisah, C., Matovu, H., Mubiru, E., Sillanpää, M., Karume, I., Kato, C., et al (2022). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in breast milk of nursing mothers: Correlates with household fuel and cooking methods used in Uganda, East Africa. Science of the Total Environment, 842. [More Information]
Ngeno, E., Mbuci, K., Necibi, M., Shikuku, V., Olisah, C., Ongulu, R., Matovu, H., Ssebugere, P., Abushaban, A., Sillanpää, M. (2022). Sustainable re-utilization of waste materials as adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment in Africa: Recent studies, research gaps, and way forward for emerging economies. Environmental Advances, 9. [More Information]

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2021

Matovu, H., Li, Z., Henkelmann, B., Bernhöft, S., De Angelis, M., Schramm, K., Sillanpää, M., Kato, C., Ssebugere, P. (2021). Multiple persistent organic pollutants in mothers' breastmilk: Implications for infant dietary exposure and maternal thyroid hormone homeostasis in Uganda, East Africa. Science of the Total Environment, 770. [More Information]
Ben Mukiibi, S., Nyanzi, S., Kwetegyeka, J., Olisah, C., Taiwo, A., Mubiru, E., Tebandeke, E., Matovu, H., Odongo, S., Abayi, J., et al (2021). Organochlorine pesticide residues in Uganda's honey as a bioindicator of environmental contamination and reproductive health implications to consumers. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 214. [More Information]
Abayi, J., Gore, C., Nagawa, C., Bandowe, B., Matovu, H., Mubiru, E., Ngeno, E., Odongo, S., Sillanpää, M., Ssebugere, P. (2021). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments and fish species from the White Nile, East Africa: Bioaccumulation potential, source apportionment, ecological and health risk assessment. Environmental Pollution, 278. [More Information]
Amusa, C., Rothman, J., Odongo, S., Matovu, H., Ssebugere, P., Baranga, D., Sillanpää, M. (2021). The endangered African Great Ape: Pesticide residues in soil and plants consumed by Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, East Africa. Science of the Total Environment, 758. [More Information]

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2020

Ssebugere, P., Sillanpää, M., Matovu, H., Wang, Z., Schramm, K., Omwoma, S., Wanasolo, W., Ngeno, E., Odongo, S. (2020). Environmental levels and human body burdens of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in Africa: A critical review. Science of the Total Environment, 739. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Ssebugere, P., Sillanpää, M. (2020). Prenatal exposure levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in mother-infant pairs and their transplacental transfer characteristics in Uganda (East Africa). Environmental Pollution, 258. [More Information]

2019

Ssebugere, P., Sillanpää, M., Matovu, H., Mubiru, E. (2019). Human and environmental exposure to PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs in Africa: A review. Chemosphere, 223, 483-493. [More Information]
Matovu, H., Sillanpää, M., Ssebugere, P. (2019). Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in mothers' breast milk and associated health risk to nursing infants in Uganda. Science of the Total Environment, 692, 1106-1115. [More Information]

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