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
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Anderson Ngowa
Finance Associate, Energy Access
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Yanan Deng
Project Operations Manager, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India
Zhuohui Huang
Research Analyst , Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Benson Ireri
Africa Lead, Energy Access
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy, WRI India
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy, WRI India
Sumedha Malaviya
Senior Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
Kajol
Manager, Energy, WRI India
Uttara Narayan
Manager, Energy, WRI India
Adugna Nemera
Senior Associate, Energy Access Finance, WRI Africa
David Njugi
Program Specialist, Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE), WRI Africa
Victor T. Otieno
Research Associate Energy Access, WRI Africa
Harish P
Senior Research Specialist, WRI India
Haigang Pei
Research Assistant, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Deepti Raj
Senior Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Douglas Ronoh
GIS Analyst, Energy Access Explorer
Lalit Sharma
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Abhinav Sharma
Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Sebastian Sterl
Senior Researcher, Clean Energy Transitions, WRI Africa
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Sandhya Sundararagavan
Lead – Energy Transitions, WRI India
Niharika Tagotra
Senior Research Specialist, Energy Program, WRI India
Meron Tesfamichael
Director, Africa Energy
Bhavana Varma
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
Wei Wang
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Yajing Xin
Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Min Yuan
Research Associate, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Daiyang Zhang
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Lianhui Zhang
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Wenquan Zhang
Research Associate, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China