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
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
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
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Sevdalina Rukanova
Head of Foundation Relations, Europe
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
Roxana Slavcheva
Global Lead, Built Environment, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Radost Stanimirova
GIS Research Associate
Silviya Stanton
Grants and Finance Specialist II