• Metabolic and volatile component profiling of economically important plants
• Phytoremediation of heavy metals in plant
• Physiological changes associated with heavy metal absorption in plants
• Metabolite and anatomical study of seeds during and following germination
• Bioaccumulation pattern and histochemical impacts of heavy metals in plants
• Metal-detoxification mechanisms in plants

More than two years of teaching experience in the following areas of botany

 Algae

 Bryophyta

 Pteridophyta

 Gymnosperms

 Angiosperm Taxonomy

 Methods in plant biology

 Plant Anatomy

 Microtechnique

• Post PhD research Experience:

Worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow on a project entitled “Elucidating the role of Herbal compounds on Matrix metalloproteases during Wound Healing” under KSCSTE Postdoctoral Program at Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Kariavattom - 09-03-2017 to 09-03-2019

• Reviewer for scientific journals:

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology - Elsevier

1. Research ArticlesSwathi Krishna, C., Ratheesh chandra, P. and Khaleel, K.M. (2017) Phytochemical screening and GCMS studies of Syzygium dhaneshiana leaf and bark extracts IJPSR. 8: 2277-2281.
2. Ruthisha, P.K., Ratheesh chandra, P. and Khaleel, K.M. (2017) Phytochemical evaluation and GC-MS analysis of whole plant extract of Seidenfia rheedii (sw.) Szlach. (orchidaceae) World J.Pharmaceutic. Res. 6: 594-603.
3. Rajina, M., Ratheesh chandra, P., and Khaleel, K.M. (2017) Phytochemical and GCMS analysis of leaf extracts of Pseudarthria viscida (LINN.) WIGHT & ARN. IJPSR 8: 3843-3846.
4. Abdussalam, A.K., Jathina, M., Jamsheena, K. and Ratheesh Chandra, P. (2016) Phytochemical analysis and gc-ms study of Dioscorea (yam) in Wayanad district- Kerala state Int. J. Innovation Sci. & Res. 5: 588-595.
5. Swapna, K.S., Nabeesa Salim, Ratheesh Chandra and Jos T. Puthur (2015) Structural changes in response to bioaccumulation of iron and mercury in Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & Robins.Environ. Monit. Assess. 187: 551.
6. Viji, V., Ratheesh Chandra, P., Nabeesa Salim and Jos T. Puthur (2015) Germination-associated morphological and anatomical changes in Corypha umbraculifera L. Seeds Phytomorphology 65:11-17.
7. Abdussalam, A.K., Ravindran, C.P. Ratheesh chandra, P., Azeez, K. and Nabeesa Salim (2015) Physiological effects of heavy metal toxicity and associated histological changes in Boerhavia diffusa L. J. Global Biosci. 4: 1221-1234.
8. Abdussalam, A.K., Arun, V.P. Silshalakshmanan, Ebrahim, S., Ratheesh chandra, P. (2015) Bioaccumulation pattern and histochemical impacts of different heavy metals in Boerhavia diffusa L. Nyctaginaceae (2015) J. Global Biosci. 4: 3267-3275.
9. Abdussalam, A.K., Ratheesh Chandra, P., Hussain-koorimannil, Jos T. Puthur and Nabeesa Salim (2014) Detoxification mechanism of heavy metal stress in Boerhavia diffusa L. Afro. Asian. J. Sci. Tech. 1: 143-152.
10. Viji V., Ratheesh Chandra P., Nabeesa Salim and Jos T. Puthur (2013) Influence of Desiccation and Associated Metabolic Changes during Seed Germination in Corypha umbraculifera Linn. J. Stress Physiol. Biochem. 9: 37-43
11. Abdussalam A.K., Ratheesh chandra P., Hussain-koorimannil and Nabeesa Salim (2013) Response and Bioaccumulation Potential of Boerhavia diffusa L. towards different Heavy Metals J. Stress Physiol. Biochem. 9: 23-36.
12. Hussain, K., Abdussalam, A.K., Ratheesh chandra, P. and Nabeesa Salim (2011) Heavy metal accumulation potential and medicinal property of Bacopa monnieri- a paradox. J. Stress Physiol.Biochem. 7: 39-50.
13. Ratheesh chandra, P., Abdussalam A.K., Nabeesa Salim and Jos T. Puthur (2010) Distribution of bio-accumulated Cd and Cr in two Vigna species and the associated histological variations. J.Stress Physiol. Biochem. 6: 4-12.
14. Hussain, K., Abdussalam, A.K., Ratheesh chandra P. and Nabeesa-Salim (2010) Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Baccopa monnieri (L.) Pennell growing under different habitat. Int. J. Ecol. Dev.15: 66-73.
15. Ratheesh chandra, P., Abdussalam, A.K. and Khaleel, K.M. (2018) Assessment of phytoremediation potential of wild plants growing in metal contaminated soil. Journal for Advanced Research in Applied Sciences 5: 510-517.