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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27 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Trace Carlson

Operations Manager, Air Quality Program

Trace Carlson

Jyot Chadha

Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance

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

Chandra Purnanjali profile image

Jenny Chen

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

Jenny Chen.

Ela Dhankhar

Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ela Dhankhar

Milloni Doshi

Development Intern

Milloni Doshi

Vishant Kothari

Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Vishant Kothari

K. Zé Liu

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

Zé Liu.

Nikita Luke

Senior Project Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Nikita Luke

Anjali Mahendra

Director of Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Anjali Mahendra

Sumedha Malaviya

Senior Manager, Energy Program, WRI India

Sumedha Malaviya

Aakash Malik

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Aakash Malik

Priyanka Mewal

Technical Advisor, Global Operations, WRI India

Manish Dutta Pandey

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

Manish Dutta Pandey

Ashni Shah

Grants and Finance Specialist II - Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ashni Shah

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

Smriti Singh

Research and Engagement Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Smriti Singh.

Karunya Subramanian

Research Analyst, UrbanShift

Karunya Subramanian.

Prathna T.C.

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

Prathna T.C.

Tini Tran

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

Tini Tran

Thet Hein Tun

Senior Transportation Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Thet Hein Tun

Vandana Tyagi

Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Sustainable Cities

Vandana Tyagi

Mende Thuji Yangden

Researcher and Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion Coordinator, Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Mende Yangden

Vijay Anadkat

Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities

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