Ms Leeba Chacko

Dr. Leeba Ann Chacko is a Research Associate at the Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility at UNSW, based within the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, specialising in advanced fluorescence imaging and quantitative image analysis. Her work spans confocal, spinning disk, FLIM, multiphoton, and STED microscopy, with a particular focus on spectral imaging and unmixing using Leica SpectraPlex, alongside end to end instrument support and researcher training.

She completed her PhD in Anatomy at UNSW in 2025, where she investigated how mitochondrial function regulates cellular growth kinetics using live cell imaging in microfluidic devices, combining MATLAB based quantitative analysis with Python workflows and deep learning segmentation using Cellpose. Across earlier roles at the Indian Institute of Science, the National University of Singapore, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she developed expertise in live cell microscopy and quantitative analysis applied to cytoskeletal regulation and mitochondrial dynamics.

At KGLMF, Dr. Chacko supports diverse biomedical imaging projects by developing robust acquisition and analysis pipelines, benchmarking advanced methodologies, and translating quantitative microscopy approaches into practical workflows for researchers at UNSW and collaborating institutions.