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
Xixi Chen
Manager, Clean Energy
Yanan Deng
Project Operations Manager, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Research Associate, Energy Program
Zhuohui Huang
Research Analyst , Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy, WRI India
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy, WRI India
Dimitris Mentis
Lead, Energy Access Explorer
Uttara Narayan
Manager, Energy, WRI India
Harish P
Senior Research Specialist, WRI India
Haigang Pei
Research Assistant, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Sebastian Sterl
Senior Researcher, Clean Energy Transitions, WRI Africa
Jake Stockman
GIS Research Assistant, Energy Access Explorer
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Sandhya Sundararagavan
Lead – Energy Transitions, WRI India
Bhavana Varma
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
Ke Wang
Strategy Lead, Energy Materials and Circularity
Wei Wang
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Arief Wijaya
Program Director, WRI Indonesia
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
Wenquan Zhang
Research Associate, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Xavier Zheng
U.S. Clean Energy Intern
