Dr Sharon BrewerAssociate Professor | Human Resources & Planning
Email: sbrewer@tru.ca
Phone:
250-371-5548
Interests
outreach, camping, kayaking, reading, curling, travel
Research Interests
Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry Education, Analytical Method Development, Water
Quality Monitoring, Remote Instruments for Teaching, Online Labs, Blended Learning, Teaching with
Technology, OER development and Assessment
(not accepting graduate students)
Education
B.Sc.(UNB), M.Sc.(UNB) Ph.D.(Carleton)
Publications
(selected)
Roberts, V., Blackstock, L., Brewer, S., & Smith, B. Introducing the PASS
Framework and its Implementation in First-Year General Chemistry Higher Education. International
Journal on Innovations in Online Education, 9(1), 2025
Olea-Mejia, O., Donkor, K., Brewer, S., & Natividad, R. Kinetics of Bisphenol-S Mineralization via
Photo-Fenton-Like Process Catalyzed by Cu2O/Al2O3. Topics in Catalysis, 68, 2025.
Hurtado, L.; Avilas, O.; Brewer, S.; Donkor, K. K.; Romero, R.; Gomez-Espinosa, R. M.; Alvarado, O.;
Natividad, R. Al/Cu-PILC as a Photo-Fenton Catalyst:
Paracetamol Mineralization. ACS Omega 2022, 7 (27).
Aviles-Garcia, O.; Espino-Valencia, J.; Mendoza-Zepeda, A.; Donkor, K.; Brewer, S.; Romero, R.;
Natividad, R. Removal of Metoprolol by Means of
Photo-Oxidation Processes. Catalysis Today 2022.
Natividad, R.; Mendoza, A.; Brewer, S. E.; Martanez-Vargas, S. L.; Perez-Mazariego, J. L.; Novoa, K. A.;
Gomez-Olivan, L. M.; Romero, R Photo-Fenton Treatment of a Pharmaceutical Industrial Effluent Under Safe PH Conditions. In
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Water: Emerging Contaminants and Ecological Impact;
Gomez-Olivan, L. M., Ed.; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2020.
Hurtado, L.; Romero, R.; Mendoza, A.; Brewer, S.; Donkor, K.; Gomez-Espinosa, R. M.; Natividad, R. Paracetamol Mineralization by Photo Fenton
Process Catalyzed by a Cu/Fe-PILC under Circumneutral PH Conditions. Journal of Photochemistry and
Photobiology A: Chemistry 2019, 373.
H. Martinez-Rodrguez, K.K. Donkor, S.E. Brewer, M. Galar-Martinez, N. SanJuan-Reyes, H. Islas-Flores, L.
Sanchez-Aceves, A. Elizalde-Velazquez, L.M. Gomez-Olivan, Metoprolol induces oxidative damage
in common carp (Cyprinus carpio); Aquatic Toxicology, Volume 197, 2018.
Arduini, C.; Flynn, T.; Paetkau, M.; Brewer, S.; Donkor, K.; Watson, K.; Loon, L. V.; Banerjee, N. Synchrotron Characterization of Metal Distributions
in Soils Collected in the Greater Kamloops Region, British Columbia, Canada. Microscopy and
Microanalysis 2018, 24 (S2).
OER
2025 Brewer, S.; Blackstock, L. PASSchem; TRU Open Press.
PASSchem, Platform Adapted Strategic Solutions: Comprehensive Solutions for General Chemistry
Practice Questions
2024 TRU
LibreText PASS Chem 1510/1520
2023 TRU
LibreText PASS CHEM 1500
2022
TRU Fundamentals and Principles of Chemistry
2022 TRU
CHEM 1500 Chemical Bonding and Organic Chemistry
Courses Taught
Principles of Chemistry (CHEM 1510)
Principles of Chemistry (CHEM 1520)
Aqueous Environmental Chemistry (CHEM 3010)
Method Development and Applications in Analytical Chemistry (CHEM 3140)
Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (CHEM 3120)
Advanced Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (CHEM 4400)
Selected topics in Applied Chemistry (CHEM 4600)
Professional Affiliations
CSC, C3, P.Chem., Association of the Chemical Profession of BC (ACPBC) Registrar, Federation of Canada's
Professional Chemists (FCPC) Ethics Instructor
Websites:
PASS Chem
TRU Chemonline YouTube
channel
BC-ILN (BC Integrated Laboratory Network)
