Silvija Shewaga

Silvija completed her BSc in Honours Chemistry with minors in Mathematics and Physics from Wilfrid Laurier University. She continued at Wilfrid Laurier University to complete a MSc in Computational Chemistry. Her research focused on hydrogen atom transfer of small thiols and alcohol molecules adsorbed on gold nanoclusters. Silvija’s passion for teaching began while a graduate student, having taught laboratory classes and tutorials, and developing laboratory manuals for undergraduate experiments.

Upon graduation, Silvija moved to Victoria and began teaching courses as a sessional instructor at Camosun College in 2016. In 2019, Silvija joined the Chemistry and Geoscience department as a Continuing Faculty member.

Teaching Courses

CHEM 070 College Prep Chemistry

CHEM 090 College Prep Chemistry 2

Publications

S. C. Smith, I. P. Hamilton, 2013. Hydrogen atom transfer in alkane thiol-gold cluster complexes: A density functional theory study. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1021, 171 – 176.