Ph.D., IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 1993.

M.Tech, Polymer Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi,1989.

B.Tech, Polymer Science and Rubber Technology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, 1987.

Scientist G & joint-in-charge. Division of Polymeric Medical Devices, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram. December 2013 - to date.

Quality Manager, March 2013-February 2023

Scientist F & joint-in-charge, Polymer Processing Laboratory & Deputy Quality Manager, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram. December 2009 - December 2013.

Scientist at SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram. December 1993 - December 2009.

Research Associate (CSIR) at Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, October 1992 - December 1993.

University First Rank with First Class & Honours for B.Tech.

University First Rank with First Class for M.Tech.

Biomedical applications of polymers.

Polymer blends & composites,Nanocomposites.

Electrospinning of polymers and composites.

Non-toxic natural rubber latex products, Conductive composites for bio-electrodes.

Electrospinning of polymers and composites, degradable composites, electrically conductive composites, non-toxic natural rubber latex products.

'A process for preparing rubber articles of low friction coefficient' Roy Joseph, P.Ramesh and R.Sivakumar.

'Spray dried hydroxyapatite microspheres and a class of microstructured microspheres for biomedical applications', H.K.Varma, P.Ramesh, M.C.Sunny & S. Suresh Babu.

'Dense and porous ceramic microspheres by a novel stirring method', H.K.Varma, S. Suresh Babu, M.C.Sunny & P.Ramesh.

'Osteoconductive bioceramic filled polymer composites for use as bone substitute' P.Ramesh and H.K.Varma.

Visiting Scientist, Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, July-August 2001 & November 2003.

Member - Society for Polymer Science India, Materials Research Society of India, Society for Biomaterials & Artificial Organs.

'Combination product of polymer-ceramic composites with cells and growth factors for bone tissue engineering applications', (Funded by Dept. of Biotechnology) (Principal Investigator).

'Development of a Dura Substitute by Electrospinning of e-Caprolactone-co-Lactide Polymers' (Funded by KSCSTEC), (Principal Investigator).

'Implanted Neural Interfaces and Control Schemes for Artificial Hand Control' (Funded by Dept. of Biotechnology), in collaboration with CMC, Vellore. (Co-investigator).

'Development and Evaluation of a drug releasing intra-uterine system', (Funded by HLL Lifecare Ltd., Trivandrum), January 2007- Dec.2010 (Co-investigator).

Mr. Sooraj M.R., Ph.D. student

Ms.Jasmin Joseph, Scientific Assistant

Ms.Prathyusha, Ph.D. student.

Ms.Theerdha V. Nair, Ph.D. student.

Ms. Athira M., Ph.D. student

Medha Surendranath, Rekha M R, Prakash Nair and P. Ramesh, `Electrospun Mucoadhesive Zein/PVP Fibroporous Membrane for Transepithelial Delivery of Propranolol Hydrochloride?, Molecular Pharmaceutics, (I.F.= 5.364) ) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00746

S. Prima and P. Ramesh, ?Neuronal cell response on aligned fibroporous electrospun mat generated from silver ion complexed ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer?, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research- Part B Applied Biomaterials (I.F.=3.405) https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.35189

Remya K. Rajan, Sunitha Chandran, Annie John and P. Ramesh (2022): Nanofibrous polycaprolactone-polyethylene glycol-based scaffolds embedded with pamidronate: fabrication and characterization, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 32, 1089?1102 (2023). (I.F. =3.221) https://doi.org/10.1080/00914037.2022.2124252

Athira Murali, Vakkattil, M.A. & P. Ramesh, `Investigating the Effect of Processing Parameters on Mechanical Behavior of 3D Fused Deposition Modeling Printed Polylactic Acid?. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2022). (IF=2.036) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-022-07188-3

Medha Surendranath, M R Rekha and P Ramesh, `Recent advances in developing functionally modified polymers for mucoadhesive drug delivery?, Journal of Materials Chemistry B DOI: 10.1039/d2tb00856d, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022, 10, 5913 ? 5924 (IF=7.571). https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TB00856D

Jasmin Joseph, P. Ramesh, G. Unnikrishnan, `Recent Advancements in Blended and Reinforced Polymeric Systems as Bioscaffolds? International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/00914037.2022.2066666 (I.F. =3.221)

Medha Surendranath, Resmi Rajalekshmi, Rekha M.R., Prakash Nair and P. Ramesh, `UV Crosslinked Electrospun Zein/PEO Fibroporous Membranes for Wound Dressing" ACS Applied Bio Materials 2022, 5, 4, 1538-1551 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.1c01293.

P.V. Mayuri, Anugya Bhatt, A. Sabareeswaran and P. Ramesh, An explicit correlation between surface functionality, wettability, and leukocyte removal byelectrospun filter media, Materials Today Communications, 2021. 26, 102075. (I.F.=3.662) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102075

P.V. Mayuri, Anugya Bhatt, A. Sabareeswaran, and P. Ramesh, Effect of membrane parameters and filter structure on the efficiency of leukocyte removal by electrospun poly(ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) membranes, Journal of Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition. 2021. 32: 595?612. (I.F.= 3.682) https://doi.org/10.1080/09205063.2020.1851559

S. Sreeja, P. Ramesh, P. R. Harikrishna Varma, G.S. Sailaja, Hierarchically Porous Osteoinductive Poly (Hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-Methyl methacrylate) Scaffold for Consolidated Osteosarcoma treatment with Sustained Doxorubicin Delivery and Bone Defect Repair, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. 2021. 7: 701?717 (I.F.= 5.395) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01628