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
Tri Ana Affini
Project Operations Specialist, WRI Indonesia
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Ibraheem Ameer
Policy Research Analyst
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Firda Astriyani
Facilities, Procurement And Office Manager, WRI Indonesia
Bukti Bagja
Supply Chain and Livelihood Transformation Senior Manager, WRI Indonesia
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Director, Climate Program, WRI India
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Charles (Chip) Barber
Director, Natural Resources Governance and Policy
Preety Bhandari
Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center
Mariska Bottema
Blue Food Lead
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Kenny Cetera
Wahana Riset Indonesia Researcher, Forest Legality Initiative
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
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Roman Paul Czebiniak
Director, Nature Based Solutions & Climate Private Sector
Nii Darko Darko
Research Analyst II, Cities Program, WRI Africa
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Fadhil Muhammad Firdaus
Air Quality Research Analyst, WRI Indonesia
Rizky Firmansyah
GIS Analyst, WRI Indonesia
W. Briana Fowler-Puja
Research Analyst, U.S.-International Engagement
Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration
Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Nidhi Gupta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Geetika Gupta
Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Hidayah Hamzah
Manager For National Plastic Action Partnership, WRI Indonesia
