Hi, I'm Ishant.

I am a Postdoctoral researcher in the Bhamla Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.

My current research interests are Organismal Biophysics and Soft entangled systems.

For my PhD, I have worked on the ensemble dynamics in tabletop active matter systems. I also have experience in a variety of nonlinear experimental systems studying phenomena like synchronization, oscillation quenching, and stochastic resonance.

Recent Updates

New paper alert! Reversible kink instability drives ultrafast jumping in nematodes and soft robots (Science Robotics)

New paper alert! Rhagovelia Uses Interfacial Run-and-Tumble Locomotion to Improve Food Capture in Flowing Environments (Integrative and Comparative Biology)

How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics

Link to the New Scientist article!

From Mudskippers to Jellyfish, Aquatic Animals Inspire Robot Designs

Our ongoing work on Rhagovelia water strider locomotion got covered by APS News!.

Our video entry won the Gallery of Soft Matter awards at APS- March meetings -2024, and it got featured in the New Scientist Magazine and Physics Magazine!