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
Bashaa'ir Abul-Qasim
Help Desk Support Analyst
Mohammad Ali
Grants & Finance Specialist ll
Imane Chafiq
Country Engagement Specialist
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
Ellie Conrad
Executive Assistant, Global Development
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Fouad Laajine
Urban Water Resilience Finance Intern
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Fatma Mohamed
Employee Relations Specialist
Nada Nassereddin
Project Coordinator, International Climate Action
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
Evana Said
Research Analyst II
Saif Shabou
Urban Data & Analytics Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jamal Srouji
Associate I, Climate Program
Neil Stein
Research and Engagement Associate, TerraFund
Dominick Tanoh
NUMO Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
