Isabel Panicker

PhD researcher in soft matter and complex fluids, imaging colloidal dynamics at the nanoscale.

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA ipanicker@gatech.edu
Isabel Panicker
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About

I am a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering PhD candidate in the Jamali Lab at Georgia Tech developing liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy as a robust single-particle tracking tool to characterize the complex behaviors of soft matter systems at the nanoscale.

My work sits at the intersection of soft matter physics and nanotechnology, where direct visualization allows me to connect nanoscale dynamics to the emergent behavior of these systems.

I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University where I also conducted research under Dr. Rakesh Agrawal and Dr. Jonathan Turnley on solution-based synthesis protocols for multinary sulfide thin films (e.g., Cu₂BaSnS₄, alkaline earth metal chalcogenide perovskites) as energy efficient, earth abundant alternatives for photovoltaic applications.

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Publications

Graduate
2026
Solution-Tunable Interfacial Interaction Landscape Governs Anomalous Nanoparticle Diffusion in Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy. Panicker, I., Shabeeb, Z., Hargus, C., Jamali, V.
ACS Nano · doi: 10.1021/acsnano.6c04149
ACS Nano Cover Art
2026
Tumor agnostic drug delivery with dynamic nanohydrogels. Housley, S.N., Bourque, A.R., Matyunina, L.V., Panicker, I., Echeverri, E.S., Izykowicz, M., Herrmann, O.A., Lee, S., Arboleda, J.C., Jamali, V., McDonald, J.F., Dahlman, J.E., Finn, MG.
Nat. Comm. · doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-66788-4
2026
SAM-EM: Segment Anything for Liquid-Phase Electron Microscopy Video Segmentation. Shabeeb, Z., Sreeram, S., Panicker, I., Wang, A., Xu, M., Goel, R., Jamali, V.
Digit. Discov. · doi: 10.1039/D6DD00211K
SAM-EM TOC
Undergraduate
2024
Breaking Barriers in Chalcogenide Perovskite Synthesis: A Generalized Framework for Fabrication of BaMS3 (M═Ti, Zr, Hf) Materials. Agarwal, S., Vincent, K. C., Turnley, J. W., Hayes, D. C., Uible, M. C., Durán, I., Canizales, A. S. M., Khandelwal, S., Panicker, I., Andoh, Z., Spilker, R. M., Ma, Q., Huang, L., Hwang, S., Kisslinger, K., Svatek, S., Antolin, E., Bart, S. C., & Agrawal, R.
Adv. Funct. Mater. · doi:10.1002/adfm.202405416
2022
Solution Deposition for Chalcogenide Perovskites: A Low-Temperature Route to BaMS3 Materials (M = Ti, Zr, Hf). Turnley, J. W., Vincent, K. C., Pradhan, A. A., Panicker, I., Swope, R., Uible, M. C., Bart, S. C., & Agrawal, R.
JACS · doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c06985
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Talks

2026
Revealing Superdiffusive Active Motion of Nanoscale Particles with Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy. ACS Spring 2026, Atlanta, GA
2026
Programming and Probing Interfacial Transport in Liquid-Phase TEM through Ion Screening and Passive Nanorheology. ACS Spring 2026, Atlanta, GA
2026
Programming and Probing Interfacial Transport in Liquid-Phase TEM through Ion Screening and Passive Nanorheology Invited Talk at the 2026 Gordon Research Seminar on Liquid-Phase TEM, Ventura, CA
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Press

2026
Study Uncovers New Insights Into Nanoparticle Motion Georgia Tech Research News Center
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Honors & Awards

Spring 2026
Eckert Graduate Fellow Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Spring 2026
Shell Outstanding Teaching Assistant Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Spring 2024
Graduate Research Fellowship Program - Honorable Mention National Science Foundation
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Teaching

Fall 2024 and 2025
Fluid Mechanics (ChBE 3205) Graduate Teaching assistant · Georgia Tech
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Curriculum Vitae

Download CV (PDF)
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Links and Contact

ipanicker@gatech.edu Google Scholar ORCID Linkedin GitHub