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A chemistry instructor with 13 years in the sciences, Hiwot Tesfaye teaches the full undergraduate biochemistry sequence and directs teaching laboratories at a regional state university in Norman, Oklahoma. Before entering the classroom, she worked as an analytical chemist handling pharmaceutical quality control. Tesfaye completed her undergraduate studies in chemistry and earned an MS in biochemistry from the University of Nevada, Reno, focusing her academic work on protein structures, enzymes, and metabolic systems.