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
Mohammad Ali
Operations Associate, US Climate Program
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Saketan Anand
Restoration Finance and Analysis Intern
Igerha Bampa
Technical Assistant for Open Timber Portal, WRI Africa
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
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
Brian Chitala
Investment Specialist
Andrew deSouza
Senior Research Analyst, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Bukaba Dieudonne
PMEL Specialist
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Rohit Eswar Phutane
Manager, Learning and Development
Ifrah Farah
Grants & Finance Coordinator, New Climate Economy, WRI Africa
Madhavi Ganeshan
Chief of Staff, Executive Office
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager
Nidhi Gupta
Associate Director, Global Operations
Swati Hegde
Global Manager, Agricultural Methane
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aarushi Jain
Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator
Joyce Kabiru
Global Coordination Manager
Samuel Kabiru
Manager, The Land Accelerator, WRI Africa
Anu Kadyan, PhD
Graduate Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Lulu Kavishe
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Lucy Kerubo
Administrative Assistant, WRI Africa
Reynolds Kihura
Data & Product Strategist, Cities, WRI Africa
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Anjali Koppala
Project Communications Manager, WRI India
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Amit Kumar
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Komal Kunwar
Research Intern, Science Based Targets Initiative
Iain Laufer
Program Operation Coordinator, Global Climate Program
