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
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
Jenny Chen
Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sod-Erdene Davaadorj
Grants and Finance Manager, Cities4Forests and Natural Infrastructure Initiative
Irina Didenko
Grants and Finance Specialist, Cities4Forests
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Mengpin Ge
Associate II, Climate Program
Despina Gkotsidou
Program Assistant, Data Lab Product Studio
Shuwei Guan
Staff Accountant
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
Swati Hegde
Manager, Agricultural Methane
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India
Mohan Kamasani
Junior Operations Associate, WRI India
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy, WRI India
Bo Li
Research Associate II
Xingyan Lin
Data Intern, Systems Change Lab
K. Zé Liu
eMobility Research and Visualization Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Nikita Luke
Senior Project Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Victoria Malolina
Staff Accountant
Cait O'Donnell
Learning Manager, Gender and Social Equity
Iryna Payosova
Economist, Climate Action
Apoorva R
Manager, Climate Program, WRI India
Anand Ramachandran
Lead of Facilities, Operations, WRI India
Radhika Rao
Research Associate
Sevdalina Rukanova
Head of Foundation Relations, Europe
Guly Sabahi
Senior Advisor, Climate Finance
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
Lucie Schwartz
Development Specialist
Howard Shih
Senior Associate, Science Based Targets initiative
Donald Spencer
Global Grants and Contracts Director
Sabareesh Suresh
Senior Program Associate, Climate Resilience, WRI India
Pushpanjali Surya
Talent Acquisition Specialist, Global Human Resources
HJ Toh
Visiting Fellow, Global Forest Watch