Steffen Mueller
Associate Director - Energy Resources Center University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Mueller leads the Bioenergy and Clean Transportation Research Group at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Selected research activities focus on life cycle emissions analyses of agriculture and biofuel pathways as well as sustainability assessments of energy supply chains. Dr. Mueller has published over 50 peer reviewed papers on life cycle analysis. Steffen served on the Expert Working Group on Land Use during the establishment of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard. In 2021and 2022, he served on the National Academies of Sciences Committee on Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels and since 2013 Steffen has been a Board member of International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC). Steffen holds a PhD in Energy Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MBA and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering.
Seminars
- Examining lessons from a multi-state pilot crop registry funded by corn grower organizations and ISCC to clarify how certified practices can be tracked at scale for stronger data confidence
- Comparing mass balance, book-and-claim, and emerging hybrid approaches to identify pathways that balance operational feasibility with audit-ready credibility for regulated and voluntary markets
- Highlighting how registry-based chain-of-custody systems can support CPGs, biofuel producers, and ethanol plants in aligning CI scoring, Scope 3 reporting, and market participation to unlock wider adoption benefits
