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
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Natalia Akopian
Policy & Government Affairs Associate
Ibraheem Ameer
Policy Research Analyst
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Preety Bhandari
Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center
Tatiana Bogdanova
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch, Data Lab
Jelena Bukin
Senior Accountant
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
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
Jenny Chen
Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for 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
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities4Forests
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Mengpin Ge
Associate II, Climate Program
Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager
Shuwei Guan
Staff Accountant
Nidhi Gupta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Geetika Gupta
Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
Swati Hegde
Manager, Agricultural Methane
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
