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
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Zablon Adane
Water Program Associate, WRI Africa
Alemayehu Agizew
GIS Analyst, Energy Access Explorer
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Anna Amato
Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results
Ibraheem Ameer
Policy Research Analyst
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Data Systems and Institutional Reporting Manager
Lorena Baca
Head of International Cooperation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India
Mulubrhan Balehegn
Agriculture and Climate Research Associate II
Sandra Baltazar
Digital Communications Coordinator, WRI México
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Amanda Barreto Salgueiro
Project Specialist, TerraFund
Francesca Battistelli
Associate III, Water Security & Nature-Based Solutions
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Preety Bhandari
Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center
Valéria Blos
Senior Fundraising & Donor Relations Manager, WRI Brasil
Willy Carlsen
Research Analyst, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Dioxide Removal
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
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
Yared Deme
Research Analyst, International Climate Action, WRI Africa
Berhanu Desta
Global Accounting Director
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Helen Ding
Senior Economist
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Beakal Fasil
Communications and Engagement Specialist, The New Climate Economy, WRI Africa
Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira
Data Science Coordinator
Nicole Fragano
Program Coordinator, Climate Program
Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO
