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
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Kanchana Balasubramanian
Data Science and Remote Sensing Intern, Global Restoration Initiative
Jenny Chen
Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO
Mengpin Ge
Associate II, Climate Program
Shuwei Guan
Staff Accountant
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy, WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, 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
Uttara Narayan
Manager, Energy, WRI India
Harish P
Senior Research Specialist, WRI India
Sony R.K.
Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India
Anand Ramachandran
Project Associate - Operations, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Sangeetha Sarma
Head of Communications, P4G
Lucie Schwartz
Development Specialist
Howard Shih
Senior Associate, Science Based Targets initiative
Karunya Subramanian
Research Analyst, UrbanShift
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Sandhya Sundararagavan
Lead – Energy Transitions, WRI India
Sabareesh Suresh
Senior Program Associate, Climate Resilience, WRI India
Prathna T.C.
Manager, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
John Thoppil
Manager, Global Operations
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
Vivek Venkataramani
Senior Manager, Climate Resilience Practice
Romain Warnault
Senior Project Manager
Mei Xu
Land Accelerator Intern
Lucy Yang
Communications and Research Associate, Executive Office
Lihuan Zhou
Associate II, Sustainable Finance Center
