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
Nate Aden
Senior Associate
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
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
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Sebastian Castellanos
Senior Manager, Technical Assistance, Electric School Bus Initiative.
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
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
Diana Chavez Acosta
Grants & Finance Specialist II, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Yidan Chen
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Ke Chen
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
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
Celal Tolga Imamoglu
Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
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
Nikita Luke
Senior Project Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anne Maassen
Senior Manager, Urban Transformation Insights & Partnerships / Global Lead, WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
Anjali Mahendra
Director of Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sumedha Malaviya
Senior Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Aakash Malik
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Marc Manyifika
Country Lead for Urban Water Resilience/Lead Spatial Planner for the program
Priyanka Mewal
Technical Advisor, Global Operations, WRI India
Manish Dutta Pandey
Manager, Electric Mobility, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
John-Rob Pool
Manager, Knowledge and Partnerships, UrbanShift
Shiyong Qiu
Research Associate, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
