Seble-Hiwot Wagaw is an American organic chemist who is a senior leader at AbbVie pharmaceuticals outside Chicago, IL.
[1] Wagaw was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and emigrated to the United States in 1974.
[2] Her father, Teshome Gebremichael Wagaw, was a faculty member at the University of Michigan for 28 years, and her mother is Tsehai Wolde-Tsadik.
[5] Her research in the Buchwald lab utilized chiral complexes of Palladium to forge new carbon-nitrogen bonds on Aryl rings.
[8] She is on the advisory board for Asymchem and co-founded the Cross-industry Women's chemical process group.