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.

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37 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Angela Bekkers

Head of Communications, WRI Europe

Angela Bekkers

Mariska Bottema

Blue Food Lead

Mariska Bottema.

Emer Byrne

Senior Talent Acquisition Associate

Emer Byrne

Imane Chafiq

Country Engagement Specialist

Imane Chafiq

Subrata Chakrabarty

Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India

Jenny Chen

Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Jenny Chen.

Caroline de Bruin

Development Manager, Government and Multilateral Relations

Caroline de Bruin.

Janneke de Vries

Head of The Hague regional office and Director of European Partnerships

Janneke de Vries

Michael Doust

Director, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Michael Doust

Olaf Erenstein

Director Research Integrity, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI Europe

Olaf Erenstein.

Mengpin Ge

Associate II, Climate Program

Shuwei Guan

Staff Accountant

Shuwei Guan

Arya Harsono

Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy

Henrieke Jonker

WRI Europe Liaison

Caroline Lesser

Development Director, Government and Multilateral Relations

Caroline Lesser

Xingyan Lin

Data Intern, Systems Change Lab

Xingyan Lin.

K. Zé Liu

eMobility Research and Visualization Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Zé Liu.

Kate Morton

Senior HR Manager, WRI Europe

Henk Ovink

Senior Fellow for Water

Henk Ovink.

Sevdalina Rukanova

Head of Foundation Relations, Europe

Sevdalina Rukanova

Charlotte Schep

Grants & Finance Specialist, Sustainable Ocean Initiative

Lucie Schwartz

Development Specialist

Lucie-Schwartz

Howard Shih

Senior Associate, Science Based Targets initiative

Howard Shih

Sebastian Sterl

Senior Researcher, Clean Energy Transitions, WRI Africa

Sebastian Sterl

HJ Toh

Visiting Fellow, Global Forest Watch

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Tini Tran

Director, Global Communications and Engagement, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Tini Tran

Thet Hein Tun

Senior Transportation Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Thet Hein Tun

Emily van Bronkhorst

Operations Manager, Development

Emily van Bronkhorst

Rogier van den Berg

Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Rogier Vandenberg.

Wessel van Eeden

Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local

Wessel van Eeden.

Lea Voigt

Intern, WRI Europe

Ke Wang

Strategy Lead, Energy Materials and Circularity

Romain Warnault

Senior Project Manager

Romain Warnault.

Dorine Wytema

Interim Director, Climate Program

Dorine Wytema.

Mei Xu

Land Accelerator Intern

Mei Xu

Lucy Yang

Communications and Research Associate, Executive Office

Lucy Yang

Lihuan Zhou

Associate II, Sustainable Finance Center

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