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
Nate Aden
Senior Associate
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Mohammad Ali
Grants & Finance Specialist ll
Ibraheem Ameer
Policy Research Analyst
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Preety Bhandari
Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center
Sheela Cao
Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager, Climate
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
Imane Chafiq
Country Engagement Specialist
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
Xixi Chen
Manager, Clean Energy
Yidan Chen
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Ke Chen
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Ellie Conrad
Executive Assistant, Global Development
Matthew Cronin
Project Coordinator II
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Yanan Deng
Project Operations Manager, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
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
Rivvy Eisenberg
Grants & Finance Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Xiaoyu Fan
Research Analyst, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Li Fang
Country Director, WRI China
Liu Fengwei
FOLU China Director, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Mengpin Ge
Associate II, Climate Program
Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration
