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

Xixi Chen

Manager, Clean Energy

Xixi Chen

Tatsatom Gonçalves

Research Associate, Energy Program

Tatsatom Gonçalves

Zhuohui Huang

Research Analyst, Climate and Energy Program, WRI China

Zhuohui Huang.

Dimitris Mentis

Lead, Energy Access Explorer

Demitris Mentis

Sebastian Sterl

Senior Researcher, Clean Energy Transitions, WRI Africa

Sebastian Sterl

Jake Stockman

GIS Research Assistant, Energy Access Explorer

John Stockman

Dhilon Subramanian

Senior Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Bhavana Varma

Junior Program Associate, WRI India

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Ke Wang

Strategy Lead, Energy Materials and Circularity

Arief Wijaya

Program Director, WRI Indonesia

Arief Wijaya.

Min Yuan

Energy Transition Project Manager, Climate and Energy Program, WRI China

Min Yuan

Daiyang Zhang

Research Assistant, Climate and Energy Program, WRI China

Daiyang Zhang

Xavier Zheng

U.S. Clean Energy Intern

Xavier Zheng.
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