Elisabeth Wetterlund
Guest Senior Research Scholar
Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Elisabeth Wetterlund joined IIASA as a guest research scholar in January 2017, working in the Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) program. Since January 2021, she is a senior guest research scholar affiliated with the Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE) research group within the Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) program. She mainly works with research related to modeling and analysis of energy systems, with particular focus on forest biomass, biorefineries, and integration with industries or local or regional energy systems. At IIASA, she contributes to the development of the BeWhere model, a techno-economic model which optimizes the geographical location of bio-energy production plants. She also holds a position as associate professor in energy engineering at Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, and she is the deputy manager of Bio4Energy, a strategic research environment appointed by the Swedish government.Dr. Wetterlund received her PhD in Energy Systems in 2012, from Linkoping University, Sweden. She first came to the forestry program at IIASA as a participant of the 2010 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), returning one year later to ESM, as the recipient of the 2010 Mikhalevich Award.
Last update: 18 JAN 2021
Publications
Mehrara, M., Zetterholm, J., Toffolo, A., & Wetterlund, E. (2026). Risk, flexibility, and investment in Fischer–Tropsch fuels: Insights from real options analysis. Cleaner Energy Systems 13 e100232. 10.1016/j.cles.2026.100232.
Chakravorty, S., Bergström, D., Nilsson, U., Subramanian, N., & Wetterlund, E. (2025). Comparison of the economic return of conventional and novel silver birch management strategies. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 1-18. 10.1080/02827581.2025.2589751.
Farooq, Z., Wetterlund, E., Mesfun, S., & Furusjö, E. (2025). Uncovering the economic potential of sustainable aviation fuel production pathways: A meta-analysis of techno-economic studies. Energy Conversion and Management 341 e120076. 10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120076.
Mehrara, M., Mesfun, S., Ahlström, J., Toffolo, A., & Wetterlund, E. (2025). Electrification-enabled production of Fischer-Tropsch liquids – A process and economic perspective. Applied Energy 393 e126083. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.126083.
Ahlström, J., Jafri, Y., Wetterlund, E., & Furusjö, E. (2023). Sustainable aviation fuels – Options for negative emissions and high carbon efficiency. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 125 e103886. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2023.103886.