Seble Wagaw
Seble-Hiwot Wagaw, Ph.D. is an organic chemist and senior leader at AbbVie pharmaceuticals outside Chicago, IL.
Background and Education[]
Wagaw was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and emigrated to the United States in 1974.[citation needed] Her father, , was an educator and policymaker with the United Nations.[citation needed] She is one of three children, with an older brother and sister.[1] She received her Bachelor's and MS degrees in Chemistry from the University of Michigan in 1994, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry with Stephen L. Buchwald at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1999.[2] Her research in the Buchwald lab utilized chiral complexes of Palladium to forge new carbon-nitrogen bonds on Aryl rings.[3]
Career[]
As a Senior Director for process research and R&D at Abbott Laboratories (later AbbVie) for her entire career, Wagaw has published research on enantiomerically enriched lead molecules using Pybox ligands.[4] She has led exploration into new technologies for her process group, including explorations of flow chemistry and commercial-scale electrochemistry.[5]
She is on the advisory board for Asymchem and co-founded the Cross-industry Women's chemical process group.[2]
Awards and Recognition[]
- 2020 - Keynote speaker, CERM2020[6]
- 2015 - Samuel M. McElvain seminar, University of Wisconsin
- 2013 - American Chemical Society WCC Rising Stars Award[7]
- 2004 - Women of Color Research investigators[8]
- 1995 - Ford Foundation pre-doctoral fellowship, MIT[9]
References[]
- ^ "Seble-Hiwot Wagaw | Ann Arbor District Library". aadl.org. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Asymchem Laboratories(Tianjin) Co., Ltd". www.asymchem.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "Events | U-M LSA Chemistry". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ Barnes, David M.; Ji, Jianguo; Fickes, Michael G.; Fitzgerald, Michael A.; King, Steven A.; Morton, Howard E.; Plagge, Frederick A.; Preskill, Margo; Wagaw, Seble H.; Wittenberger, Steven J.; Zhang, Ji (2002-11-01). "Development of a Catalytic Enantioselective Conjugate Addition of 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds to Nitroalkenes for the Synthesis of Endothelin-A Antagonist ABT-546. Scope, Mechanism, and Further Application to the Synthesis of the Antidepressant Rolipram". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124 (44): 13097–13105. doi:10.1021/ja026788y. ISSN 0002-7863.
- ^ "Amping up the pharma lab: Drug companies explore the potential of electrochemistry". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ CERM (Feb 2, 2020). "Pittsburgh ACS Section - CERM 2020" (PDF).
- ^ "WCC Names Rising Stars | Chemical & Engineering News". cen.acs.org. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ Group, Career Communications (2004-09 - 2004-10). Science Spectrum. Career Communications Group. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ^ "1995 Ford Foundation Fellowships". www8.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
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