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
Dimitris Mentis
Lead, Energy Access Explorer
Haley Minter
Operations Manager, Energy Program
Kajol
Manager, Energy, WRI India
Stephen Naimoli
Associate, Energy, Systems Change Lab
Uttara Narayan
Manager, Energy, WRI India
Almas Naseem
Project Communication Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Adugna Nemera
Senior Associate, Energy Access Finance, WRI Africa
Clay Nesler
Senior Fellow, Energy Program
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
Alex Perera
Deputy Director, Energy
Almo Pradana
Deputy Program Director On Climate, Energy, Cities & The Ocean, WRI Indonesia
Deepti Raj
Senior Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Douglas Ronoh
GIS Analyst, Energy Access Explorer
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
Lalit Sharma
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Abhinav Sharma
Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Lacey Shaver
Senior Manager, City Clean Energy
Santiago Sinclair Lecaros
Research Associate, Energy Access Explorer
Robert Stafford
Research Associate, Transportation Electrification and Grid Resiliency
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
Niharika Tagotra
Senior Research Specialist, Energy Program, WRI India
Meron Tesfamichael
Director, Africa Energy
Laura Van Wie McGrory
Global Engagement Lead, Scaling Up Solar
Bhavana Varma
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
Ke Wang
Strategy Lead, Energy Materials and Circularity
Meredith Watkins
Digital Communications and Events Specialist, Global Energy
Wei Wang
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Clorinda Kurnia Wibowo
Energy Manager, WRI Indonesia
Arief Wijaya
Program Director, WRI Indonesia
Joseph Womble
Research Analyst II, U.S. Energy Program
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
