She was a visiting researcher at Cornell University with L. C. Dunn and Dorothea Bennett and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Dan Lindsley and Rhoda Grell.
[2] Her research with Herb Stern and Yasuo Hotta which published in 1977, 'demonstrated conservation of the basic processes of meiotic recombination between plants and mammals.'
[4] Researching with Kun Ma, Chandley found an RNA binding protein, gene RBMY on the Y-chromosome which 'may be involved in regulating germline splicing activity'.
[6] Her work with Roger Short and Twink Allen included the first description of the mechanism which caused infertility in horses and mules and hybrids, which helped her become an advisor to hybrid-breeders and visiting in China and Mongolia.
[2] When she was due to retire in 1997, a tribute and appreciation Festschrift celebration was held,[7] and contributions were sought from fellow scientists in Manchester, Salisbury, Abingdon, Cambridge, Kew, Wirral and Leicester as well as Germany and Sweden.