Nawab Ali Data-verified

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Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

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19 h-index 102 pubs 1,672 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Nawab Ali is a professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock whose research focuses on the development and application of nanomaterials for cancer theranostics and drug delivery. His work investigates how to enhance photothermal heating and combination therapies through the conversion of NIR dyes into self-assembled ionic nanomaterials. Ali has explored the cellular uptake of gold nanorods in breast cancer cell lines and developed guar-based injectable hydrogels for drug delivery and bone cell growth.

His research has led to the development of ionic material-based nanomedicines with improved photophysical properties for combined chemo-phototherapy. Recent work includes a tumor microenvironment-triggered nanoplatform for mild-temperature photothermal therapy and doxorubicin-based ionic nanomedicines for combined chemo-phototherapy. Ali also studies the tunable cytotoxicity and selectivity of phosphonium ionic liquids with aniline blue dye.

Ali has secured federal funding from the NSF for his work on nano drug-enabled cancer therapy. He has published over 100 scholarly works, holds an h-index of 19, and has accumulated more than 1,600 citations. His research network includes collaborators such as Noureen Siraj, Mujeebat Bashiru, Tansel Karabacak, and Quinshell Smith, all from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Metrics

  • h-index: 19
  • Publications: 102
  • Citations: 1,672

Selected Publications

  • Dichloroacetic Acid Enhances Photodynamic Therapy-Induced Regulated Cell Death in PANC-1 Pancreatic Cancer Cell Line (2025)
  • 95 Targeting Multiple Cancer Hallmarks with Rapamycin-Loaded Gold Nanoparticles—GE11 Peptide Conjugate: A Proteomic Analysis of Pathway Suppression and Cell Death Induction (2025)
  • The Underlying Mechanisms and Emerging Strategies to Overcome Resistance in Breast Cancer (2025)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Targeted Delivery of Rapamycin via Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors in Pancreatic Cancer Cells Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Effect of Blood Flow Restriction on Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Serum tissue plasminogen activator after cycling with blood flow restriction (2025)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • IONIC NANOMEDICINE STRATEGY TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE CHEMO-PTT COMBINATION CANCER THERAPEUTICS (2024)
  • Encapsulation of Inositol Hexakisphosphate with Chitosan via Gelation to Facilitate Cellular Delivery and Programmed Cell Death in Human Breast Cancer Cells (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Interrogating the Role of Endocytosis Pathway and Organelle Trafficking for Doxorubicin-Based Combination Ionic Nanomedicines (2024)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Doxorubicin-Based Ionic Nanomedicines for Combined Chemo-Phototherapy of Cancer (2024)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Cationic Porphyrin-Based Ionic Nanomedicines for Improved Photodynamic Therapy (2023)
    7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Guar-Based Injectable Hydrogel for Drug Delivery and In Vitro Bone Cell Growth (2023)
    14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Correction: Enhancing antibacterial property of aluminum foil by nanostructuring its surface through a steam treatment (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Antibacterial efficacy of surface aluminum oxide nanostructures produced by hot water treatment (2023)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Enhancing antibacterial property of aluminum foil by nanostructuring its surface through a steam treatment (2023)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 1 $50,000 total

NSF PI Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

I-Corps: Nano Drug Enabled Cancer Therapy

I-Corps $50,000

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