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

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Radha Chanchani

Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport

Rhada Chanchani

Purnanjali Chandra

Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities

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Wee Kean Fong

Deputy Country Director, WRI China

Wee Kean Fong

Ritesh Kumar

Program Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

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Jiaying Lin

Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Jiaying Lin

Sumedha Malaviya

Senior Manager, Energy Program, WRI India

Sumedha Malaviya

Priyanka Mewal

Technical Advisor, Global Operations, WRI India

Manish Dutta Pandey

Manager, Electric Mobility, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Manish Dutta Pandey

Shiyong Qiu

Research Analyst, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Shiyong Qiu

Vaibhav Shrivastava

Senior Project Associate, GeoAnalytics, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Vaibhav Srhivastava.

Yash Singh

Program Associate, Sustainable Cities, WRI India

 Yash Singh

Prathna T.C.

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

Prathna T.C.

Vandana Tyagi

Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Sustainable Cities

Vandana Tyagi

Lulu Xue

Urban Mobility Manager, WRI China Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Vijay Anadkat

Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities

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