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
Iman Abdulwassi Abubaker
Urban Mobility Project Manager, WRI Africa
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
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
Nii Darko Darko
Research Analyst II, Cities Program, WRI Africa
Amanda Gcanga
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience & Senior Urban Policy Analyst
Jiregna Hirpa
Transport Planner, WRI Africa
Reynolds Kihura
Data & Product Strategist, WRI Africa
Ritesh Kumar
Program Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sumedha Malaviya
Senior Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Marc Manyifika
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience/Lead Spatial Planner for the program
Priyanka Mewal
Technical Advisor, Global Operations, WRI India
Ivy Murgor
Program Manager, Air Quality, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
George Mwaniki
Head of Air Quality, WRI Africa
Manish Dutta Pandey
Manager, Electric Mobility, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Semere Jelalu Shafi
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, WRI Africa
Vaibhav Shrivastava
Senior Project Associate, GeoAnalytics, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Yash Singh
Program Associate, Sustainable Cities, WRI India
Prathna T.C.
Manager, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mark Tonyemevor
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Vandana Tyagi
Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Wubanchi Tesso Wakoya
Urban Development Project Manager, WRI Africa
Hellen Wanjohi-Opil
Resilience African Cities Lead, WRI Africa
Vijay Anadkat
Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
