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
Merve Akı Yaman
Senior Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye
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
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Preety Bhandari
Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center
Günes Cansiz
Director, WRI Türkiye
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
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Çiğdem Cörek Öztaş
Senior Manager, Sustainable Urban Development, WRI Türkiye
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Quentin Dean
Executive Assistant, NDC Partnership
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
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
Nidhi Gupta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Geetika Gupta
Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Swati Hegde
Manager, Agricultural Methane
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India
Celal Tolga Imamoglu
Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aarushi Jain
Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy, WRI India
Asena Johnson
Event Coordinator
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India