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
Natalia Akopian
Policy & Government Affairs Associate
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Tatiana Bogdanova
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch, Data Lab
Jelena Bukin
Senior Accountant
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
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities4Forests
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Cait O'Donnell
Learning Manager, Gender and Social Equity
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Iryna Payosova
Economist, Climate Action
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Sevdalina Rukanova
Head of Foundation Relations, Europe
Guly Sabahi
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
Donald Spencer
Global Grants and Contracts Director
