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
Saketan Anand
Restoration Finance and Analysis Intern
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Tatiana Bogdanova
Product Specialist, Global Forest Watch, Data Lab
Elena Esipova
Satellite Data Analyst
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
Aarushi Jain
Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator
Gautam Mathur
Remote Sensing, Data Science Intern
Peter Potapov
Satellite Interpretation Researcher
Radhika Rao
Research Associate II, Restoration Finance and Outcome Buyer Engagement, Global Restoration Initiative
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
