I hold a PhD degree in Environmental Science from the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) and a Master of Science in Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology (now part of Aalto University, Finland). After having worked as a consultant and project manager in transport and environment, I am currently a Senior Research Scientist in the field of sustainable mobility at the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE.
Professional address: Finnish Environment Institute, Latokartanonkaari 11, 00790 Helsinki, Finland
Email: emilia.suomalainen@syke.fi; emilia.suomalainen@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/emiliasuomalainen/
ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Emilia_Suomalainen
Blog: missclimate.wordpress.com
Twitter: twitter.com/Emilia_Suomi
Participation as expert to IEA HEV TCP Task 43 Vehicle-Grid Integration
Participation in the drafting of the first and second European Aviation Environmental Reports (2016, 2019)
Contribution to the development of ICAO’s international standards for aviation CO2 and nvPM emissions
Participation as consultant for EASA to MDG and FESG working groups of ICAO-CAEP
Resource highlight on lithium in Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet by Ugo Bardi
PhD in Circular Economy with Professor Suren Erkman at University of Lausanne
Working on the sustainability of life support systems for ESA during PhD
Invited panelist in SPARCS Electric mobility hubs workshop #3, VTT, 21 September 2021 (online)
Presentation at the "Electromobility: Technical Solutions for System Integration " webinar of the International Association for Energy Economics on “Electric highways: dynamic charging vs fast chargers” , 6 May 2020, https://www.iaee.org/en/webinars/rewind/webinar_faee.aspx
Invited Panelist in "EV Revolution: A Power Sector View on Coupling with Mobility" Online Debate, Florence School of Regulation, 16 April 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i-e25qbGo4&feature=emb_title
Invited Expert in “Integrating EVs into the network as load and utilising V2X capabilities” Panel, Policy Advisory Council, Florence School of Regulation, Florence, 9 December 2019
Invited Expert at a V2G Round Table, 7th International Conference of the Armand Peugeot Chair on "Electromobility: Challenging Issues", CentraleSupélec, 5 December 2019
Invited Speaker at the SEEDS-MACS Scientific Day on “Technical and Other Challenges of V2G”, CentraleSupélec, 25 November 2019
Co-Chair of “Sustainable and Electric Mobility” Morning Session, “Smart Mobility and Intelligent Vehicle” (SMIV) Annual Scientific Conference, Vedecom, Paris, 12 November 2019
Chair of a Parallel Session “Electric Vehicles and Distribution Grids”, 6th International Conference of the Armand Peugeot Chair on "Electromobility: Challenging Issues", CentraleSupélec, 7 December 2018
Invited Speaker at the International Symposium on Sustainable Aviation (ISSA) 2016, 8-11 May, Istanbul, Turkey
Metais, M.-O., Jouini, O., Perez, Y. & Suomalainen, E. (2021). Too much or not enough? Planning electric vehicle charging infrastructure: A review of modeling options. To be published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Preprint: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03127266
Freitas Gomes I.S., Perez Y. & Suomalainen, E. (2021). Rate design with distributed energy resources and electric vehicles: A Californian case study. Energy Economics, 102, 105051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105501
Muratori, M., Alexander, M., Arent, D., Bazilian, M., Cazzola, P., Dede, E., Farrell, J., Gearhart, C., Greene, D., Jenn, A., Keyser, M., Lipman, T., Narumanchi, S., Pesaran, A., Sioshansi, R., Suomalainen, E., Tal, G., Walkowicz, K., & Ward, J. (2021). The Rise of Electric Vehicles – 2020 Status and Future Expectations. Progress in Energy, 3(2), 022002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2516-1083/abe0ad
Freitas Gomes I.S., Perez Y. & Suomalainen, E. (2021). Rate design with distributed energy resources and electric vehicles: A Californian case study. FSR Working Paper. https://fsr.eui.eu/publications/?handle=1814/69861
Freitas Gomes I.S., Perez Y. & Suomalainen, E. (2020). Coupling small batteries and PV generation: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 126(July), 109835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.109835
Suomalainen, E. & Colet, F. (2019). A Corridor-Based Approach to Estimating the Costs of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure on Highways. World Electric Vehicle Journal, 10(4), 68. https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj10040068
Suomalainen, E. & Colet, F. (2019). Constructing a Corridor-Based Model for Estimating the Cost of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure on Highways (conference paper). EVS32, 20–22 May, Lyon, France
Verneil, A.-L., Lavandier, C. & Suomalainen, E. (2017). Study of the impact of aircraft noise on annoyance and cognitive task performance regarding the distance from the airport. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3967. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4989034
Suomalainen, E., Verneil, A.-L. & Montolio Llenas, J. (2016). Environmental Assessment in the ATAEGINA Project: Practical Application of Data Science Tools (conference paper). Greener Aviation 2016, 11–13 October, Brussels, Belgium
Resource "glimpse" on Lithium in Bardi, U. (2014). Extracted: How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet, Chelsea Green, https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/extracted/ (also available in French and German)
Suomalainen, E., Celikel, A. and Vénuat, P. (2014). Aircraft Metals Recycling: Process, Opportunities and Challenges (conference paper). Greener Aviation 2014, 12–14 March, Brussels, Belgium
Aboutaleb, H., Bouali, M., Adedjouma, M. & Suomalainen, E. (2012). An integrated approach to implement system engineering and safety engineering processes: SASHA Project (conference paper). Embedded Real Time Software and Systems (ERTS2) 2012, 1–3 February 2012, Toulouse, France. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02263460/
Suomalainen, E. (2012). Dynamic Modelling of Material Flows and Sustainable Resource Use: Case Studies in Regional Metabolism and Space Life Support Systems (PhD Thesis). Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne
Suomalainen, E. (2006). Multi-Criteria Analysis and Visualization of Location-Allocation Problems (Master’s Thesis). Helsinki University of Technology
Invited Seminar on “Electric Vehicles and Sustainable Mobility”, Aalto University, Foundations of Mobility Systems, 19 September 2021 (online)
Invited Seminar on Introduction to Electric Mobility, University of Lausanne, Introduction to Industrial Ecology course, 30 March 2021 (online)
Invited Seminar on EVs and Sustainable Mobility at University of Versailles Saint-Quentin, Master 2 "Mobilité Durable, Transition et Société" (MDTS), 4 February 2021 (online)
Training to ENEDIS (French Distribution System Operator) personnel on Electric Mobility - Introduction, 1 & 7 December 2020 (online)
Invited Seminar on Electric Mobility in the Energy Transition Context, ESSEC Business School, Chair of Urban Economics, 26 February 2020
Invited Seminar on Electric Mobility in the Energy Transition Context at University of Versailles Saint-Quentin, Master 2 "Eco-innovation, Mobilité Durable et Société" (EMDS), 6 February 2020
Training to ADEME (French Energy Transition Agency) personnel on electric vehicles, session on EV charging infrastructure and challenges of large-scale deployment of electric mobility, 22 November 2019
Internal training of consultants on the calculation of airport carbon footprints at Envisa, 2015–2018
Trainings on the use of the arKItect software for systems engineering, Knowledge Inside, 2010–2012
A seminar on safety engineering at the ESIGELEC engineering school, Rouen
Presentation at the “People and Planet: From Theory to Solutions” conference on "Finnish Children and Cycling on Trips to School - To Bike or Not to Bike", University of Helsinki, 9 November 2021 (online)
Presentation at the STN CLIMATE seminar on "Finnish Children and Cycling on Trips to School - To Bike or Not to Bike", Aalto University, Espoo, 15 October 2021
Basset, H., Suomalainen, E. & Segard J.-B. (2021) Charging infrastructures modelling using a long-distance trip database, SIA Powertrain and Power Electronics Conference, 9-10 June 2021 (online)
Metais, M.-O., Jouini, O., Perez, Y., Berrada, J. & Suomalainen, E. (2021). Planning charging infrastructure deployment: A new spatio-temporal model. 1st International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Online Conference, 7–9 June 2021 (online)
Sehimi, Y., Suomalainen, E., Almaksour, K., Sakly, J. & Robyns, B. (2020) Mitigating the Impact of Fast Charging on Distribution Grids Using Vehicle-to-Vehicle Power Transfer: A Paris Case Study (selected as Best Paper in E-Mobility), 4th E-Mobility Power System Integration Symposium, 3 November 2020 (online)
Metais, M.-O., Jouini, O., Perez, Y., Berrada, J. & Suomalainen, E. (2020) Too much or not enough? Planning electric vehicle charging infrastructure: a review of modeling options, 23rd EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting, EWGT 2020, 16-18 September 2020, Paphos, Cyprus
Freitas Gomes I.S., Perez Y. & Suomalainen, E. (2019). Tariff design with distributed energy resources and EVs: A Californian case study. 7th International Conference of the Armand Peugeot Chair, CentraleSupélec, 5 December 2019
Sehimi, Y., Suomalainen, E., Almaksour, K. & Robyns, B. (2019). Analysis of the performance of a Vehicle-to-Vehicle fast charging infrastructure based on a fleet of shared electric vehicles. 7th International Conference of the Armand Peugeot Chair, CentraleSupélec, 5 December 2019
Freitas Gomes I.S., Perez Y. & Suomalainen, E. (2019). Rate design with distributed energy resources and electric vehicles: A Californian case study. Berkeley Electric Vehicles Conference, 5-6 June 2019, Berkeley, California
Freitas Gomes I.S., Perez Y. & Suomalainen, E. (2019). Coupling between distributed battery storage and photovoltaic power generation: A techno-socio-economic review. 42nd IAEE International Conference, 29 May-1 June 2019, Montreal, Canada
Suomalainen, E. & Colet, F. (2019). Constructing a Corridor-Based Model for Estimating the Cost of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure on Highways (poster). EVS32, 20–22 May 2019, Lyon, France
Suomalainen, E., Verneil, A.-L. & Montolio Llenas, J. (2016). Environmental Assessment in the ATAEGINA Project: Practical Application of Data Science Tools (conference paper). Greener Aviation 2016, 11–13 October 2016, Brussels, Belgium
Suomalainen, E., Verneil, A.-L. & Montolio Llenas, J. (2016). Environmental Assessment in the ATAEGINA Project: Practical Application of Data Science Tools (conference paper). International Symposium on Sustainable Aviation (ISSA) 2016, 8-11 May 2016, Istanbul, Turkey
Suomalainen, E., Celikel, A. & Vénuat, P. (2014). Aircraft Metals Recycling: Process, Opportunities and Challenges (conference paper). Greener Aviation 2014, 12–14 March 2014, Brussels, Belgium
Suomalainen, E. & Erkman, S. (2010). Evaluating the sustainability of space life support systems: case study on air revitalisation systems ARES and BIORAT (poster), COSPAR 2010, 18-25 July 2010, Bremen, Germany
Suomalainen, E. & Erkman, S. (2010). Analysing Sustainability of Resource Use via Dynamic Material Flow Analysis: Case Study on Copper Metabolism in Geneva (conference paper). Summer Symposium on Sustainable Systems (4S) 2010, 15-17 June 2010, Sannäs Finland
Participation to a written expert statement for the Grand Committee of the Finnish Parliament on the EU “Fit for 55” package, Finnish Environment Institute, 29.10.2021
Participation as expert to working group GT1 « Décarboner le transport de marchandises par l’ERS », French Ministry of Ecological Transition (MTES)
Participation as expert to working groups of AVERE France (French Association for Electric Mobility)