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
Merve Akı Yaman
Senior Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye
Ibraheem Ameer
Policy Research Analyst
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Günes Cansiz
Director, WRI Türkiye
Jenny Chen
Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Çiğdem Cörek Öztaş
Senior Manager, Sustainable Urban Development, WRI Türkiye
Mengpin Ge
Associate II, Climate Program
Shuwei Guan
Staff Accountant
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
Celal Tolga Imamoglu
Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Asena Johnson
Event Coordinator
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
Cemil Oğuz
Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye
Gülcan Orak
Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Lucie Schwartz
Development Specialist
Lalit Sharma
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Howard Shih
Senior Associate, Science Based Targets initiative
HJ Toh
Visiting Fellow, Global Forest Watch
Tini Tran
Director, Global Communications and Engagement, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Thet Hein Tun
Senior Transportation Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Tuğçe Üzümoğlu
Integrated Climate Action Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Romain Warnault
Senior Project Manager
Mei Xu
Land Accelerator Intern
Lucy Yang
Communications and Research Associate, Executive Office
Yaren Yanık
Communications & Operations Specialist, WRI Türkiye
Yunus Emre Yılmaz
Analyst, Urban Mobility and Health & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Lihuan Zhou
Associate II, Sustainable Finance Center
