Douglas Call
Assistant Professor
- 919-515-6455
- dfcall@ncsu.edu
- Mann Hall 319B
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Dr. Call is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. Dr. Call is interested in biological and electrochemical processes to treat water and wastewater. Watch a short video below to hear Dr. Call briefly explain his research focus.
Dr. Call received both his MS (2008) and PhD (2011) in Environmental Engineering from Penn State University. He continued as a postdoctoral scientist at Penn State until becoming an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Syracuse University in 2012. He is currently teaching CE 373 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, CE 378 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, and CE 573 Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering at NC State.
Education
Environmental Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Environmental Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Civil Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Environmental Sciences
University of Virginia
Research Description
Dr. Call's research focuses on water and wastewater treatment technologies. He has expertise in both biological and electrochemical principles. Examples of current research interests include: 1) removal of emerging drinking water contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), using electrically-driven separation processes, 2) investigating microbial interactions with pyrogenic carbonaceous materials (e.g., activated carbon, biochar) to enable aqueous contaminant transformations (i.e., biological activated carbon) and energy recovery from wastewater (i.e., anaerobic digestion), 3) desalination of brackish water using capacitive deionization (CDI), 4) phosphate recovery from wastewater using nano-based sorbents, and 5) conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonium using microbial electrochemical technologies.
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Young Alumni Award - Virginia Tech, 2019
Publications
- Electrochemical and Microbiological Characterization of Bioanode Communities Exhibiting Variable Levels of Startup Activity
- Ortiz-Medina, J. F., & Call, D. F. (2019), FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2019.00103
- Amending anaerobic bioreactors with pyrogenic carbonaceous materials: the influence of material properties on methane generation
- Cheng, Q., Reyes, F. L., & Call, D. F. (2018), ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-WATER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, 4(11), 1794–1806. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ew00447a
- Impact of solution composition on the resistance of ion exchange membranes
- Zhu, S., Kingsbury, R. S., Call, D. F., & Coronell, O. (2018), Journal of Membrane Science, 554, 39–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.050
- Junction potentials bias measurements of ion exchange membrane permselectivity
- Kingsbury, R. S., Flotron, S., Zhu, S., Call, D. F., & Coronell, O. (2018), Environmental Science & Technology, 52(8), 4929–4936. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b05317
- Impact of natural organic matter and inorganic solutes on energy recovery from five real salinity gradients using reverse electrodialysis
- Kingsbury, R. S., Liu, F., Zhu, S., Boggs, C., Armstrong, M. D., Call, D. F., & Coronell, O. (2017), Journal of Membrane Science, 541, 621–632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.038
- Hardwiring microbes via direct interspecies electron transfer: Mechanisms and applications
- Cheng, Q. W., & Call, D. F. (2016), Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6em00219f
- Substrate and electrode potential affect electrotrophic activity of inverted bioanodes
- Hartline, R. M., & Call, D. F. (2016), Bioelectrochemistry, 110, 13–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.02.010
- Geobacter sp SD-1 with enhanced electrochemical activity in high-salt concentration solutions
- Sun, D., Call, D., Wang, A. J., Cheng, S. A., & Logan, B. E. (2014), Environmental Microbiology Reports, 6(6), 723–729. https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12193
- Microbial power-generating capabilities on micro-/nano-structured anodes in micro-sizedmicrobial fuel cells
- Fraiwan, A., Adusumilli, S. P., Han, D., Steckl, A. J., Call, D. F., Westgate, C. R., & Choi, S. (2014), Fuel Cells, 14(6), 801–809. https://doi.org/10.1002/fuce.201400041