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
Anna Amato
Planning, Evaluation and Learning Manager, Managing For Results
Ettore Arpini
Data Systems and Institutional Reporting Manager
Lorena Baca
Head of International Cooperation, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sandra Baltazar
Digital Communications Coordinator, WRI México
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Amanda Barreto Salgueiro
Project Specialist, TerraFund
Francesca Battistelli
Associate III, Water Security & Nature-Based Solutions
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Valéria Blos
Senior Fundraising & Donor Relations Manager, WRI Brasil
Willy Carlsen
Research Analyst, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Dioxide Removal
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
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Helen Ding
Senior Economist
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira
Data Science Coordinator
Nicole Fragano
Program Coordinator, Climate Program
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Research Associate, Energy Program
Swati Hegde
Manager, Agricultural Methane
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mohan Kamasani
Junior Operations Associate, WRI India
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
David Bronzwaig Kravzov
Green Finance Coordinator, WRI Mexico
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy, WRI India
Nikita Luke
Senior Project Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Laura Malaguzzi Valeri
Deputy to Vice President of Research, Data and Innovation
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Alberto Pallecchi
Acting Director, WRI Faith and Sustainability
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Francisco Minella Pasqual
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
