Experts & Staff
WRI’s experts are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, climate, economics, finance, governance and more. Our more than 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Saketan Anand
Restoration Finance and Analysis Intern
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Sheela Cao
Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager, Climate
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
Chen Yang
Research Analyst, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Nii Darko Darko
Senior Urban Mobility Manager, Cities Program, WRI Africa
Yanan Deng
Project Operations Manager, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Andrew deSouza
Senior Research Analyst, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Helen Ding
Head of Restoration Economics
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Ruiyun Dou
Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Rohit Eswar Phutane
Manager, Learning and Development
Li Fang
Country Director, WRI China
Xiaotian Fu
Director, Food and Natural Resources Program, Sustainable Investment and Finance Program, WRI China
Madhavi Ganeshan
Chief of Staff, Executive Office
Mengpin Ge
Senior Associate
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager
Tatsatom Gonçalves
Manager, Research & Corporate Partnerships, WRI Polsky Energy Center
Yu Gu
Agriculture Research Analyst, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Xiaoying Guo
Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Yuchen Guo
Data Associate, Research, Data & Impact, WRI China
Nidhi Gupta
Associate Director, Global Operations
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
Swati Hegde
Global Manager, Agricultural Methane
Hong Miao
Director, Sustainable Transition Center, Senior Energy Expert, WRI China
Haizi Hu
Project Operations Manager, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Zhuohui Huang
Research Analyst , Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Natalie Ichtertz
Field Accounting Support Manager
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aarushi Jain
Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator
Zhaoqianyi (Zhao) Ji
Research Analyst, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Xiaoqian Jiang
Senior Associate and Climate Lead, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
