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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Ambar B. RanguMagar

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Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Faculty Researcher

10 h-index 14 pubs 278 cited

  • Animals
  • Aplysia
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Neurons
  • Rats
  • Aging
  • Acetylcholinesterase
  • Cell Survival
  • Humans
  • Hemolymph
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Neural Stem Cells
  • Nerve Regeneration
  • Ganglia, Invertebrate
  • Apoptosis

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Ambar B. RanguMagar's research focuses on the development and application of novel materials and catalysts for chemical processes and biomedical applications. Her work has explored guar-based hydrogels for drug delivery and bone cell growth, and functionalized nanocellulose to promote neural stem cell differentiation. RanguMagar has also investigated amination of sp³ carbon using nickel pincer catalysts and iron(III) catalysts derived from natural amino acids for oxidation chemistry. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 10 with 261 total citations across 14 publications. She has collaborated with researchers from Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, including Malathi Srivatsan, Anindya Ghosh, Charlette M. Parnell, and Hunter A. Wayland.

Metrics

  • h-index: 10
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 278

Selected Publications

  • Natural Amino Acid-Derived Iron(III) Catalysts for Green Oxidation Chemistry Applications (2025)
    ACS Omega 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Guar-Based Injectable Hydrogel for Drug Delivery and In Vitro Bone Cell Growth (2023)
    Bioengineering 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Functionalized Nanocellulose Drives Neural Stem Cells toward Neuronal Differentiation (2021)
    Journal of Functional Biomaterials 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Highly economical and direct amination of sp <sup>3</sup> carbon using low-cost nickel pincer catalyst (2021)
    RSC Advances 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Predominant differentiation of rat fetal neural stem cells into functional oligodendrocytes in vitro (2020)
    Neuroscience Letters 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Glioma-derived exosomes drive the differentiation of neural stem cells to astrocytes (2020)
    PLoS ONE 30 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • C–N Cross-coupling Reactions of Amines with Aryl Halides Using Amide-Based Pincer Nickel(II) Catalyst (2019)
    Catalysis Letters 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Nanostructured surfaces promote differentiation of rat neural stem cells into oligodendrocytes (2019)
    IBRO Reports DOI OpenAlex
  • Plasmonic nano surface for neuronal differentiation and manipulation (2019)
    Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Simultaneous Electrochemical Deposition of Cobalt Complex and Poly(pyrrole) Thin Films for Supercapacitor Electrodes (2019)
    Scientific Reports 64 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Guar-Based Injectable Thermoresponsive Hydrogel as a Scaffold for Bone Cell Growth and Controlled Drug Delivery (2018)
    ACS Omega 43 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Nicotine is neuroprotective to neonatal neurons of sympathetic ganglion in rat (2018)
    Autonomic Neuroscience 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Nanocrystalline Cellulose-Derived Doped Carbonaceous Material for Rapid Mineralization of Nitrophenols under Visible Light (2018)
    ACS Omega 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fabrication and characterization of hydroxypropyl guar-poly (vinyl alcohol)-nano hydroxyapatite composite hydrogels for bone tissue engineering (2018)
    Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Removal of nitrophenols from water using cellulose derived nitrogen doped graphitic carbon material containing titanium dioxide (2018)
    Particulate Science And Technology 11 citations DOI OpenAlex

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24 Collaborators 9 Institutions 2 Countries

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