DOUGLAS F. CALL 151 E Link Hall Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

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1 DOUGLAS F. CALL 151 E Link Hall Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY dfcall@syr.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, August 2011 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Advisor: Bruce E. Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering Dissertation: Developing a Scalable Microbial Electrolysis Cell and Investigations of Exoelectrogenic Pure and Mixed Cultures M.S. Environmental Engineering, May 2008 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Advisor: Bruce E. Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering Thesis: Hydrogen Production in a Single Chamber Microbial Electrolysis Cell Lacking a Membrane B.S. Civil Engineering, December 2005 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, summa cum laude Advisor: John T. Novak B.S. Environmental Sciences, May 2003 The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Syracuse University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2012-present) Postdoctoral Scholar, Penn State University ( ) Advisor: Bruce E. Logan, Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering Project: Capturing Electrical Current via Mechanisms Used for Interspecies Electron Transfer to Produce Methane Student Participant, American Chemical Society (ACS) Summer School on (summer 2010) Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy, Golden, Colorado Visiting Researcher, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, Ecully, France ( ) Tim Vogel Research Group Visiting Student, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany (January 2009) International Course in Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization (FISH) Graduate Research Assistant, Penn State University ( ) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Assistant, Virginia Tech, Environmental Engineering ( ) Project: Effect of Alum and Ferric Chloride on Activated Sludge Settleability Research Intern, McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), (summer 2005) Charlottesville, Virginia

2 Undergraduate Researcher, National Science Foundation (NSF) Research (summer 2002) Experience for Undergraduates (REU), The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), Edgewater, Maryland Research Intern, US Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility, (summer 2001) Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Student Participant, University of New Hampshire/Cornell University (summer 2000) Shoals Marine Lab Summer Program in Biology, Gulf of Maine, New England TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor for the following course and lab CE 475 Aquatic Chemistry (Spring 2012) Guest lecturer for the following courses CE 479 Environmental Microbiology (Fall 2011) CE 572 Environmental Transport (Fall 2010) CE 101 First Year Seminar Sustainability (Fall 2009 Spring 2011) EGEE 400 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells (Spring 2008) FELLOWSHIPS National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship ( ) National Defense Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Graduate Fellowship ( ) National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Ronald B. Linsky Graduate Fellowship ( ) Penn State Glenn Singley Memorial Graduate Fellowship ( ) HONORS/AWARDS Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award (2011) Poster Award Winner - Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (2011) (AEESP) Tampa Conference American Chemical Society (ACS) Graduate Student Award (2010) First Place Graduate Student Paper - Penn State College of Engineering Research Symposium (2010) First Place Masters Thesis Award - Montgomery-Watson-Harza Consulting Engineers & AEESP (2009) First Place Overall Presentation - Penn State Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium (2008) Student Research Award - Pennsylvania Water Environment Association (PWEA) (2008) Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society Member Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society Member Eagle Scout Award Boy Scouts of America PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Yates, M. D.; Kiely, P. D.; Call, D. F.; Rismani-Yadzi, H.; Bibby, K.; Peccia, J.; Regan, J. M.; Logan, B. E. Convergent development of bacterial communities in microbial fuel cells. ISME J. In press. 2. Pisciotta, J. M.; Zaybak, Z.; Call, D. F.; Nam, J. Y.; Logan, B. E. Enrichment of microbial electrolysis cell biocathodes from sediment microbial fuel cell bioanodes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2012, 78(15), Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. Lactate oxidation coupled to iron or electrode reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2011, 77(24),

3 4. Sun, D.; Call, D. F.; Kiely, P. D.; Wang, A.; Logan, B. E. Syntrophic interactions improve power production in formic acid fed MFCs operated with set anode potentials or fixed resistances. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2012, 109(2), Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. A method for high throughput bioelectrochemical research based on small scale microbial electrolysis cells. Biosens. Bioelec. 2011, 26(11), Hong, Y.; Call, D. F.; Werner, C. M.; Logan, B. E. Acclimating bacteria to high current using low external resistances eliminates power overshoot in microbial fuel cells. Biosens. Bioelec. 2011, 28(1), Liu, G; Yates, M. D.; Cheng, S.; Call, D. F.; Sun, D.; Logan, B. E. Examination of microbial fuel cell start-up times with domestic wastewater and additional amendments. Biores. Technol. 2011, 103(15), Mehanna, M.; Kiely, P. D.; Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. A microbial electrodialysis cell for simultaneous water desalination and hydrogen gas production. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44(24), Kiely, P. D.; Cusick, R.; Call, D. F.; Selembo, P. A.; Regan, J. M.; Logan, B. E. Anode microbial communities produced by changing from microbial fuel cell to microbial electrolysis cell operation using two different wastewaters. Biores. Technol. 2011, 102(1), Kiely, P. D.; Call, D. F.; Yates, M. D.; Regan, J. M.; Logan, B. E. Anodic biofilms in microbial fuel cells harbor low numbers of higher-power-producing bacteria than abundant genera. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2010, 88(1), Wagner, R. C.; Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. Optimal set anode potentials vary in bioelectrochemical systems. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44(16), Call, D. F.; Wagner, R. C.; Logan, B. E. Hydrogen production by Geobacter species and a mixed consortium in a microbial electrolysis cell. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2009, 75(24), Cheng, S.; Xing, D.; Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. Direct biological conversion of electrical current into methane by electromethanogenesis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43(10), Call, D. F.; Merrill, M. D.; Logan, B. E. High surface area stainless steel brushes as cathodes in microbial electrolysis cells. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43(6), Logan, B. E.; Call, D. F.; Cheng, S.; Hamelers, H. V. M.; Sleutels, T. H. J. A.; Jeremiasse, A. W.; Rozendal, R. A. Microbial electrolysis cells for high yield hydrogen gas production from organic matter. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42(23), Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. Hydrogen production in a single chamber microbial electrolysis cell lacking a membrane. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42(9), Zuo, Y.; Cheng, S.; Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. Tubular membrane cathodes for scalable power generation in microbial fuel cells. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41(9), PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED 1. Zhang, F.; Xia, X.; Luo, Y.; Sun, D.; Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. Improving startup performance with carbon mesh anodes in separator electrode assembly microbial fuel cells. Submitted.

4 PATENTS Logan, B. E.; Call, D. F.; Merrill, M. D.; Cheng, S. (2008) Cathodes for microbial electrolysis cells and microbial fuel cells. US Provisional Patent Appl. 61/141,511, filed 12/30/08. INVITED PRESENTATIONS 1. Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. Scaling-up bioelectrochemical systems: from lab to the field. Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB) 62 nd Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. August 12-16, Invited presentation. 2. Call, D. F. Waste as a resource: bioenergy production using bioelectrochemical systems. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. May 24, Invited seminar. ORAL PRESENTATIONS 1. Call, D. F. Microbiology meets electrochemistry: recovering energy from wastewater using microbial fuel cell technologies. Invited presentation. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Penn State student chapter, Penn State University. November 8, Call, D. F., Merrill, M. D., and B. E. Logan. Advancing microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for renewable hydrogen production through a scalable and economical design. Penn State College of Engineering Research Symposium (CERS), Penn State University. April Call, D. F. Graduate School? First Year Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar. Penn State University, October 2009, March 2010, September 2010, April Call, D. F., Wagner, R., and B. E. Logan. Hydrogen production by Geobacter species and a mixed culture in single chamber microbial electrolysis cells (MECs). Penn State Environmental Engineering Kappe Seminar. Penn State University, February Call, D. F. Bioelectrochemical systems: energy production from biomass. US Army Corps of Engineers Field Research Facility. Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, August Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. Comparison of Geobacter species with a mixed culture for hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs). Electrochemical Active Biofilms Conference. Dourdan, France. November Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. Renewable and sustainable hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC). International Conference and Trade Fair on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, Hamburg, Germany, October Zuo, Y., Call, D. F., and B. E. Logan. Hydrophobic membranes improve power production in tubular cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs). IWA World Water Congress, Vienna, Austria, September Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. Novel microbial electrolysis cell for high efficiency hydrogen gas production from renewable biomass. First International Microbial Fuel Cell Symposium, Penn State University, May Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. High efficiency hydrogen production using a microbial electrolysis cell lacking a membrane. 80 th Annual PennTec Technical Conference & Exhibition, Penn State University, June Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. Renewable hydrogen production using a membrane-free microbial electrolysis cell (MEC). Penn State 11 th Annual Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium, Penn State University, March 2008.

5 12. Call, D. F., Zuo, Y., Cheng, S., Watson, V., and B. E. Logan. Tubular membrane cathodes and high surface area graphite brush anodes for scalable power generation in microbial fuel cells. 11 th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., June Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. Hydrogen production using membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) in a bio-electrochemically assisted microbial reactor. Penn State Environmental Engineering Kappe Seminar. Penn State University, March POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1. Call, D. F.; Siegert, M.; Logan, B. E. Electrical charging-discharging of biocathodes derived from methanogen-rich sediment. North American International Society for Microbial Electrochemical Technologies. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, October Call, D. F.; Cusick, R. D.; Logan, B. E. A scalable microbial electrolysis cell for renewable hydrogen production from wastewater. Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Conference, Tampa, Florida, July Call, D. F.; Logan, B. E. Parallel operated miniaturized microbial electrolysis cells for high throughput bioelectrochemical research. 3 rd International Microbial Fuel Cell Symposium, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, June Call, D. F., Kiely, P. D., Cusick, R., Yates, M. D., Selembo, P. A., Regan, J. M., and B. E. Logan. Identifying exoelectrogenic bacteria in bioelectrochemical systems (BES) using fluorescent in-situ hybridization (FISH). 7 th Annual International Water Association (IWA) Leading Edge Technology Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, June Zuo, Y., Call, D. F., and B. E. Logan. Hydrophobic membranes improve power production in tubular cathode microbial fuel cells (MFCs). IWA World Water Congress, Vienna, Austria, September Call, D. F., Wagner, R. W., and B. E. Logan. PSU outreach in the alternative energy field. Hydrogen Day, Penn State University, November Call, D. F. and B. E. Logan. Microbial fuel cells: converting agricultural waste to electricity. Pennsylvania Farm Show, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, January PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/REGISTRATIONS Association of Environmental Engineering Science and Professors (AEESP) (since 2010) International Water Association (IWA) (since 2010) American Chemical Society (ACS) (since 2009) Engineer in Training (EIT), Pennsylvania (2007) JOURNAL REVIEWER Environmental Science and Technology Applied and Environmental Microbiology International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Bioresource Technology ISME Journal Bioelectrochemistry Biotechnology and Bioengineering Water Research Electrochemistry Communications SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY PSU judge for the undergraduate research symposium (2011) The McDonogh High School MFC program advisor and assistant (2011)

6 International Association of Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) Symposium bioenergy lab tour guide (2010) Penn State Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium Publicity Committee (2011) Poster Judge (2010, 2012) Co-Chair (2010) First International MFC Symposium Student Co-Chair, Penn State (2008) PSU Judge for the 74 th Annual Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Sciences State Meeting (2008) Penn State graduate student fellowship information workshop presenter, Penn State (2007) Virginia Tech compost pilot project co-chair (2005)