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
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Data Systems and Institutional Reporting Manager
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Rocío Campos
Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
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
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Shefaali Desai
HR International Manager, Global Human Resources
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Adrián Flores Aguilar
Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Claudio Forner
Senior Associate, Climate Diplomacy
Johannes Friedrich
Director of Climate Data
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration
Alexandre Grassigny
Project Coordinator Outreach, NDC Partnership
Sandy Henkes
Program Specialist, Food Program
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Clemens W. Janssen
User Research & Engagement Lead
Valerie Laxton
Senior Associate, Development Finance Institutions, Finance Center
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Christine Luttmer
Project Specialist, Country Engagement Support, South Africa
Anne Maassen
Senior Manager, Urban Transformation Insights & Partnerships / Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Srikant Mahanty
Senior Manager, Global Communications
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Dimitris Mentis
Lead, Energy Access Explorer
Ryan O'Connor
Knowledge Tools Analyst, NDC Partnership
Henk Ovink
Senior Fellow for Water
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Iryna Payosova
Economist, Climate Action
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Danielle Riedl
Research Analyst II, Industrial Innovation & Carbon Removal
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
