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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering Contributions to the environmental engineering profession through education, research, and service to government and industry.

Overview

Perry L. McCarty was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spanned several areas within environmental science, focusing on the subfields of Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Pollution, Pharmaceutical Science, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covered key topics that included:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Chemical Reactions and Isotopes
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials

Two notable recent papers authored by Perry L. McCarty were:

  • "Temperate climate energy-positive anaerobic secondary treatment of domestic wastewater at pilot-scale" (2021), published in Water Research
  • "Retrospective on microbial transformations of halogenated organics" (2020), published in Environmental Science Processes & Impacts

The scientist frequently collaborated with other researchers including Craig S. Criddle, Chungheon Shin, Sebastien Tilmans, Felipe Chen, and Timothy M. Vogel.

Perry L. McCarty's publications appeared in various scientific journals with frequent appearances in Water Research and Environmental Science Processes & Impacts.

Their contributions to the field of environmental science were recognized by several honors, including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1996)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1981)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (1977) for contributions to the environmental engineering profession through education, research, and service to government and industry

Best Publications

  • Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications

    Bruce E. Rittmann;Perry L. McCarty

  • Chemistry for environmental engineering and science

    Clair N. Sawyer;Perry L. McCarty;Gene F. Parkin

  • Bioassay for monitoring biochemical methane potential and anaerobic toxicity

    W.F. Owen;D.C. Stuckey;J.B. Healy;L.Y. Young

  • Domestic Wastewater Treatment as a Net Energy Producer–Can This be Achieved?

    Perry L. McCarty;Perry L. McCarty;Jaeho Bae;Jeonghwan Kim

  • ES Critical Reviews: Transformations of halogenated aliphatic compounds

    Timothy M. Vogel;Craig S. Criddle;Perry L. McCarty

  • Chemistry for environmental engineering

    Clair N. Sawyer;Perry L. McCarty;Gene F. Parkin

  • Biotransformation of tetrachloroethylene to trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, and carbon dioxide under methanogenic conditions.

    T M Vogel;P L McCarty

  • Unified Basis for Biological Treatment Design and Operation

    Alonzo W. Lawrence;Perry L. McCarty

  • Model of steady-state-biofilm kinetics

    Bruce E. Rittmann;Perry L. McCarty

  • THE ANAEROBIC FILTER FOR WASTE TREATMENT

    James C. Young;Perry L. McCarty

  • Transformations of 1- and 2-carbon halogenated aliphatic organic compounds under methanogenic conditions.

    E J Bouwer;P L McCarty

  • A model of substrate utilization by bacterial films.

    Kenneth Williamson;Perry L. McCarty

  • Anaerobic wastewater treatment

    Perry L. McCarty;Daniel P. Smith

  • KINETICS OF METHANE FERMENTATION IN ANAEROBIC TREATMENT

    Perry L. McCarty

  • Anaerobic Fluidized Bed Membrane Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment

    Jeonghwan Kim;Kihyun Kim;Hyoungyoung Ye;Eunyoung Lee

  • Competition for Hydrogen within a Chlorinated Solvent Dehalogenating Anaerobic Mixed Culture

    Yanru Yang;Perry L. McCarty

  • Molecular Identification of the Catabolic Vinyl Chloride Reductase from Dehalococcoides sp. Strain VS and Its Environmental Distribution

    Jochen A. Müller;Bettina M. Rosner;Gregory von Abendroth;Galit Meshulam-Simon

  • Trace organics in groundwater

    Perry L. McCarty;Martin. Reinhard;Bruce E. Rittmann

  • Transformations of halogenated organic compounds under denitrification conditions.

    E J Bouwer;P L McCarty

  • Anaerobic degradation of halogenated 1- and 2-carbon organic compounds

    Edward J. Bouwer;Bruce E. Rittmann;Perry L. McCarty

  • Handbook of Bioremediation

    R. D. Norris;R. E. Hinchee;R. Brown;P. L. McCarty

Frequent Co-Authors

Lewis Semprini
Lewis Semprini Oregon State University
Edward J. Bouwer
Edward J. Bouwer Johns Hopkins University
Martin Reinhard
Martin Reinhard Stanford University
Bruce E. Rittmann
Bruce E. Rittmann Arizona State University
Jeonghwan Kim
Jeonghwan Kim Inha University
Peter K. Kitanidis
Peter K. Kitanidis Stanford University
David C. Stuckey
David C. Stuckey Imperial College London
Alfred M. Spormann
Alfred M. Spormann Stanford University
Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University
Timothy M. Vogel
Timothy M. Vogel École Centrale de Lyon

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