Douglas Call
Assistant Professor

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- dfcall@ncsu.edu
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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 the development of efficient biological and electrochemical technologies to recover energy, nutrients, and high-value chemicals from unconventional and impaired water sources, such as wastewater and salinity gradients. Watch this short video 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 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 technologies at the interface of the water-energy nexus. In particular, he is interested in recovering resources, such as energy and nutrients, from wastewater. He combines his multidisciplinary background in microbiology, molecular biology, and electrochemistry to research hybrid bioelectrochemical technologies, such as microbial fuel cells, that convert liquid and gaseous wastes into energy and high-value products. Other research topics Dr. Call is working on include biological-based methane mitigation from engineered environments, methane generation in anaerobic systems, and salinity-gradient energy recovery.
Publications
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hardwiring microbes via direct interspecies electron transfer: Mechanisms and applications
- Cheng, Q. W., & Call, D. F. (2016), Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts, 18(8), 968-980.
- Substrate and electrode potential affect electrotrophic activity of inverted bioanodes
- Hartline, R. M., & Call, D. F. (2016), Bioelectrochemistry, 110, 13-18.
- 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.
- 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.
Grants
- Electrically Assisted Sorption and Desorption of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
- Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)(5/16/18 - 5/16/19)
- Methane Conversion to Electrical Current using Microbial Electrochemical Technologies
- NCSU Research and Innovation Seed Funding Program(1/01/15 - 12/31/15)
- Improving the Anaerobic Treatment of Biosolids and High-Strength Waste Streams through Addition of Electrically-Conductive Particles
- NCSU Water Resources Research Institute(3/01/15 - 12/31/16)