Dr. Bandaru V. Ramarao is a Professor and Director of the Empire State Paper Research Institute at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry. His research interests include:

•     Fluid Particle Separations- Aerosol Filtration, Hydrosol Filtration,
•     Consolidation and dewatering of pulp Suspensions with applications in papermaking, Colloidal and Surface Phenomena.
•     Transport and thermodynamics of moisture in paper and other cellulosic materials.
•     De-inking of recycled pulps using flotation processes.
•     Digital Image Processing, Image Analysis, Digital Signal Processing.