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.

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39 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Merve Akı Yaman

Senior Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye

Merve Aki

Ayça Bağcı

Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye

Acya Bagci.

Meltem Bayraktar

Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye

Günes Cansiz

Director, WRI Türkiye

Günes Cansiz

Ananya Chakraborty

Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice

Ananya Chakraborty

Jenny Chen

Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Jenny Chen.

Monica Chitre

Grants & Finance Specialist II, NUMO Alliance

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Çiğdem Cörek Öztaş

Senior Manager, Sustainable Urban Development, WRI Türkiye

Cigdem Cörek Öztaş

Milloni Doshi

Development Intern

Milloni Doshi

Anamika Dutt

Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India

Anamika Dutt

Rohit Eswar

Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India

Madhavi Ganeshan

Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO

Madhavi Ganeshan.

Mengpin Ge

Associate II, Climate Program

Mrunmayee Godbole

Global Operations Manager

Mrunmayee Godbole

Shuwei Guan

Staff Accountant

Shuwei Guan

Arya Harsono

Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy

Celal Tolga Imamoglu

Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye

Asena Johnson

Event Coordinator

Asena Johnson

Sonal Karia

Finance Lead, Operations, WRI India

Sonal Karia

Ulka Kelkar

Executive Director, Climate, WRI India

Xingyan Lin

Data Intern, Systems Change Lab

Xingyan Lin.

K. Zé Liu

eMobility Research and Visualization Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Zé Liu.

Srikant Mahanty

Senior Manager, Global Communications

Devika Malvankar

International HR Partner, WRI India

Cemil Oğuz

Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye

Cemil Oğuz

Gülcan Orak

Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities

Lucie Schwartz

Development Specialist

Lucie-Schwartz

Howard Shih

Senior Associate, Science Based Targets initiative

Howard Shih

Rushabh Soni

Project Associate, Energy Governance, WRI India

Rushabh Soni

HJ Toh

Visiting Fellow, Global Forest Watch

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Tini Tran

Director, Global Communications and Engagement, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Tini Tran

Thet Hein Tun

Senior Transportation Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Thet Hein Tun

Tuğçe Üzümoğlu

Integrated Climate Action Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye

Romain Warnault

Senior Project Manager

Romain Warnault.

Mei Xu

Land Accelerator Intern

Mei Xu

Lucy Yang

Communications and Research Associate, Executive Office

Lucy Yang

Yaren Yanık

Communications & Operations Specialist, WRI Türkiye

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Yunus Emre Yılmaz

Analyst, Urban Mobility and Health & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye

Yunus Emre Yılmaz

Lihuan Zhou

Associate II, Sustainable Finance Center

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