Research interests:
1. Ornamental fish Disease
2. Nanotherapeutics for fish disease management

Publications
In Journal: 1. Aswani R, Soumya Das, Jasim B, Aswathy Chandran, Chinnu Benny, Sindhura Somaraj, Sebastian KS, Jyothis Mathew and Radhakrishnan E.K. (2019). Distribution of antibiotic resistance and virulence factors among the bacteria isolated from diseased Etroplus suratensis. 3 Biotech 9: 138, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-019-1654-3 2. Soumya Das, Aswani R, Midhun Sebastian Jose, Radhakrishnan EK, Jyothis Mathew. Advantage of zinc oxide nanoparticles over silver nanoparticles for the management
of Aeromonas veronii infection in Xiphophorus hellerii. Microbial pathogenesis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104348 3. Soumya Das, S. Sreejith, Jilna Babu, Celen Francis, JS Midhun, R Aswani, KS Sebastian, EK Radhakrishnan, Jyothis Mathew (2020). Genome sequencing and annotation of multi-virulent Aeromonas veronii XhG1. 2 isolated from diseased Xiphophorus hellerii., Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.10.034 4. Das, S., Aswani, R., Jasim, B. et al. Distribution of multi-virulence factors among Aeromonas spp. isolated from diseased Xiphophorus hellerii. Aquaculture International, volume 28, issue 1, pages 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-019-00456-5
5. Soumya Das, Aswani Ravi, Midhun Sebastian Jose, Sebastian Korattiparambil Sebastian, Radhakrishnan Edayileveettil Krishnankutty, Jyothis Mathew (2021) Disease inductive potential of Aeromonas veronii XhG1.2 isolated from Xiphophorus helleri in selected ornamental fish, Aquaculture Research, First published: 15 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/are.15399
6.R Aswani, Das S, Theresa M, K S Sebastian, Mathew J, E K Radhakrishnan. 9-Tricosene Containing Blend of Volatiles Produced by Serratia sp. NhPB1 Isolated from the Pitcher Plant Provide Plant Protection Against Pythium aphanidermatum. Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 2023 Oct;195(10):6098-6112. doi: 10.1007/s12010-023-04352-w. Epub 2023 Feb 21. PMID: 36809430.
Book

Book chapter
1. Soumya Das, Aswani R, Jyothis Mathew, Radhakrishnan E.K. (2019) Methods and mechanisms involved in antimicrobially useful nanoparticles with agricultural promises In book: Nanotechnology for Agriculture: Crop Production & Protection. 207-231 Springer publishing house. doi: 10.1007/978-981-32-9374-8_11.
Conference publications
1. Radhakrishnan Edayileveettil, Soumya Das, Hiroshi Noguchi, Ikuro Abe. “Cloning and functional analysis of higher plant-derived enzyme polyketide synthase”. Presentation at The Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Kyoto- March 27, 2009 (http://www.metabolism.jst.go.jp/ronbun/abe.html).

Fellowship
Research training in Bichemistry and Biotechnology of Natural Product biosynthesis at the University of Shizuoka (June 2008 to April 2009) and at the University of Tokyo (May 2009- March 2010) under the guidance of Prof. Hiroshi Noguchi and Prof. Ikuro ABE with Fellowship from the University of Shizuoka, Japan -2009