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
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Merve Akı Yaman
Senior Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Türkiye
Agraw Ali
GIS Research Analyst, WRI Africa
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Data Systems and Institutional Reporting Manager
Laura Azeredo
Urban Development Coordinator, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Baret Binatlı
Built Environment Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Ondine Brent Eysseric
Executive Administrative Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Laura Bulbena Janer
Manager, Cities4Forests, WRI Colombia
Daniel Cano Gomez
Project Coordinator, Road Safety
Günes Cansiz
Director, WRI Türkiye
Sebastian Castellanos
Senior Manager, Technical Assistance, Electric School Bus Initiative.
Diana Chavez Acosta
Grants & Finance Specialist II, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Çiğdem Cörek Öztaş
Senior Manager, Sustainable Urban Development, WRI Türkiye
Esthelyne Dusabe
Project Specialist, Urban Mobility, WRI Africa Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rivvy Eisenberg
Grants & Finance Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Siba El-Samra
Urban Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Research Associate, Energy Program
Jiregna Hirpa
Transport Planner, WRI Africa
Celal Tolga Imamoglu
Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Anna Kustar
Research Analyst, Urban Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Leah Lazer
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
K. Zé Liu
eMobility Research and Visualization Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anne Maassen
Senior Manager, Urban Transformation Insights & Partnerships / Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Marc Manyifika
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience/Lead Spatial Planner for the program
Cemil Oğuz
Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye
Gülcan Orak
Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities
John-Rob Pool
Manager, Knowledge and Partnerships, UrbanShift
Alejandro Schwedhelm
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Saif Shabou
Urban Data & Analytics Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Semere Jelalu Shafi
Urban Mobility Analyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, WRI Africa
Raisa de Castro Soares
Senior Analyst of Integrated Climate Action, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Dominick Tanoh
NUMO Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Giuseppe Tesoriere
Urban and Regional Economist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Tuğçe Üzümoğlu
Integrated Climate Action Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Rogier van den Berg
Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities