Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Iréne Wåhlström
Academic Qualifications and Employment
2015-
Scientist in coupled physical-biogeochemical modeling, Research
department/Oceanography, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
(SMHI), Gothenburg, Sweden
2014
Scientist at Core Services, Marine Environment, Swedish Meteorological and
Hydrological Institute (SMHI)
2012-2014
Postdoc at the Research departments/Oceanography, Swedish Meteorological
and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Norrköping, Sweden
2012-06-08 Ph.D. in Natural Science, specializing in Chemistry, University of Gothenburg,
Sweden. Thesis:”Fluxes and transformation of carbon in the Siberian shelf seas
under changing environment. Supervisor: Prof. Leif G Anderson, Department of
Chemistry and Molecular biology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2003
M.Sc. in Marine Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of
Gothenburg, Sweden
Previous positions of relevance
2012
Scientist at Marine chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Molecular
biology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2004-2007
Analytical chemists at IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute,
Gothenburg, Sweden
2004
Project employee by Professor Katarina Abrahamsson, Chemistry, Chalmers
University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003
Project employee by Professor Leif Anderson, Analytical and Marine chemistry,
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Peer-reviewed articles
Wåhlström, I., C. Dieterich, P. Pemberton, and H. E. M. Meier (2016), Impact of increasing
inflow of warm Atlantic water on the sea-air exchange of carbon dioxide and methane in
the Laptev Sea, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 121, doi: 10.1002/2015JG003307.
Wåhlström, I., Meier H.E.M., (2014), Sensitivity of the sea-air exchange of CH4 in the
Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean; A model study, Tellus Series B-Chemical and Physical
Meteorology, 66, doi: 10.3402/Tellusb.V66.24174
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Anderson, L. G., Andersson, P. S., Björk, G., Jones, E. P., Jutterström, S., and Wåhlström, I.,
(2013), Source and formation of the upper halocline of the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys.
Res. Oceans, 118, 410–421, doi: 10.1029/2012JC008291
Wåhlström, I., Omstedt, A., Björk, G., Anderson, L.G., (2013), Modelling the CO2 dynamics
in the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean: Part II Sensitivity of fluxes to changes in the forcing, J.
Mar. Syst., 111, 1-10, doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.09.001
Wåhlström, I., Omstedt, A., Björk, G., Anderson, L.G., (2012), Modelling the CO2 dynamics
in the Laptev Sea, Arctic Ocean: Part I, J. Mar. Syst., 102, 29-38, doi:
10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.05.001
Anderson, L.G., Björk, G., Jutterström, S., Pipko, I., Shakhova, N., Semiletov, I.P., and
Wåhlström, I., (2011), East Siberian Sea, an Arctic region of very high biogeochemical
activity, Biogeosciences, 8, 1745–1754, doi: 10.5194/bg-8-1745-2011
Pipko, I.I., Semiletov, I.P., Pugach, S.P., Wåhlström, I., and Anderson, L.G., (2011),
Interannual variability of air-sea CO2 fluxes and carbonate system parameters in the East
Siberian Sea, Biogeosciences, 8, 1987-2007, doi: 10.5194/bg-8-1987-2011
Anderson L.G., Tanhua, T., Björk, G., Hjalmarsson, S., Jones, E. P., Jutterström, S., Rudels,
B., Swift, J. H., Wåhlstöm, I., (2010), Arctic Ocean shelf – basin interaction, an active
continental shelf CO2 pump and its impact on the degree of calcium carbonate
dissolution, Deep Sea Res., I 57, 869–879, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2010.03.012
Anderson, L.G., Jutterström, S., Hjalmarsson, S., Wåhlström, I., and Semiletov, I.P., (2009),
Out-gassing of CO2 from Siberian Shelf Seas by terrestrial organic matter decomposition,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L20601, doi: 10.1029/2009GL040046
Research activities
2016-
Scientist in the Formas project NFIX, Estimating Nitrogen FIxation in past and
future climate of the Baltic Sea, project period 2014-2017
2016-
Scientist in the BONUS project BIO-C3, BIOdiversity Changes-Causes,
Consequences and management implications, project period 2014-2017
2016-
Scientist in the BONUS project COCOA, Nutrient COcktails in the COAstal
zone of the Baltic Sea, project period 2014-2017
2012-2016 Postdoc, scientist and project leader for the research in work package 7within the
project DEFROST, Impacts of a changing cryosphere-Depicting ecosystemclimate feedbacks from permafrost, snow and ice, project period 2010-2016
2007-2012 Ph.D.student within EU FP7 project EPOCA, European Project on Ocean
Acidification, project period 2008-2012
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2007-2012 Ph.D.student within EU FP7 project CarboChange, Changes in carbon uptake
and emissions by oceans in a changing climate, project period 2011-2015
2007-2012 Ph.D.student within Tellus, the Centre of Earth System Science at the University
of Gothenburg
Miscellaneous
2010-2011
Organized and planed seminars for Ph.D. students with invited internationally
scientists.
2007-2011
Member of Steering Group Committee for the research program; Tellus-The
center of Earth Systems Science
2009
Coordinated, organized and contributed text to the Arctic-web at Universeum,
the Science Discovery Center in Gothenburg, Sweden: www.Polaris.se/klimat.
2008
Expedition to the Siberian shelf seas in the Arctic Ocean;”International Siberian
Shelf Study 2008” (ISSS-08), where sampling and analyzes of dissolve
inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, pH, oxygen and nutrients were performed
onboard the Russian vessel Yacob Smirnitskyi.
Oral presentations
Year
Meeting
Authors
Presentation
2015
DEFROST, FINAL
Project meeting ,
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
I. Wåhlström, C. Dieterich, P.
Pemberton, H.E.M. Meier
Impact of increasing inflow of
warmer Atlantic water into the
Arctic Ocean on the sea-air
exchange of CO2 and CH4 in
the Laptev Sea
2014
DEFROST, annual
meeting for the Scientific
Advisory Board
I.Wåhlström, H.E.Markus
Meier
A model sensitivity study for
the sea-air exchange of
methane in the Laptev Sea,
Arctic Ocean
2012
Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Gothenburg
I.Wåhlström
Fluxes and transformation of
carbon in the Siberian shelf
seas under changing
environment.
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Poster presentations
Year
Meeting
Authors
Presentation
2016
The 4th Nordic
Conference on Climate
Adaptation, From
Reseach to Actions and
Transformation, Bergen
Norway
I. Wåhlström, C. Dieterich, P.
Pemberton, H.E.M. Meier
Impact of increasing inflow of
warmer Atlantic water into the
Arctic Ocean on the sea-air
exchange of CO2 and CH4 in
the Laptev Sea
2010
EGU, European
Geoscinces Union
General Assembly,
Wienna, Austria
I. Wåhlström, L.G. Anderson,
G. Björk, S. Hjalmarsson, S.
Jutterström
The biogeochemistry of the
Laptev and East Siberian Seas
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