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.

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49 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Merve Akı Yaman

Senior Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye

Merve Aki

Sripathi Anirudh

Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Sripathi Anirudh

Nambi Appadurai

Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India

Ayça Bağcı

Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye

Acya Bagci.

Kanchana Balasubramanian

Data Science and Remote Sensing Intern, Global Restoration Initiative

Kanchana Balasubramanian.

Meltem Bayraktar

Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye

Günes Cansiz

Director, WRI Türkiye

Günes Cansiz

Jenny Chen

Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Jenny Chen.

Çiğdem Cörek Öztaş

Senior Manager, Sustainable Urban Development, WRI Türkiye

Cigdem Cörek Öztaş

Rohit Eswar

Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India

Madhavi Ganeshan

Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO

Madhavi Ganeshan.

Mengpin Ge

Associate II, Climate Program

Shuwei Guan

Staff Accountant

Shuwei Guan

Arya Harsono

Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy

Celal Tolga Imamoglu

Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye

Vijay Jagannathan

Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Bharath Jairaj

Director, Energy, WRI India

Bharath Jairaj.

Asena Johnson

Event Coordinator

Asena Johnson

Jayahari KM

India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India

 

Jayahari KM

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Associate Director, Energy, WRI India

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Vaisakh Suresh Kumar

Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Vaisakh Suresh Kumar

Xingyan Lin

Data Intern, Systems Change Lab

Xingyan Lin.

K. Zé Liu

eMobility Research and Visualization Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Zé Liu.

Uttara Narayan

Manager, Energy, WRI India

Cemil Oğuz

Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye

Cemil Oğuz

Gülcan Orak

Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities

Harish P

Senior Research Specialist, WRI India

Harish P.

Sony R.K.

Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India

Sony R.K.

Anand Ramachandran

Project Associate - Operations, WRI India Sustainable Cities

Sangeetha Sarma

Head of Communications, P4G

Sangeetha Sarma

Lucie Schwartz

Development Specialist

Lucie-Schwartz

Howard Shih

Senior Associate, Science Based Targets initiative

Howard Shih

Karunya Subramanian

Research Analyst, UrbanShift

Karunya Subramanian.

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

Sabareesh Suresh

Prathna T.C.

Manager, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Prathna T.C.

John Thoppil

Manager, Global Operations

HJ Toh

Visiting Fellow, Global Forest Watch

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Tini Tran

Director, Global Communications and Engagement, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Tini Tran
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