Experts & Staff
WRI brings together nearly 1,900 staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, economics, finance, governance and more. Our staff and researchers work globally and in 12 focus countries to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Purnanjali Chandra
Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Michael Orang'i Onchabo
Director, Food and Land Use Coalition, Kenya
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Sebastian Sterl
Senior Researcher, Clean Energy Transitions, WRI Africa
Bhavana Varma
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
Hellen Wanjohi-Opil
Resilience African Cities Lead, WRI Africa
Arief Wijaya
Program Director, WRI Indonesia
