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.

21 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Merve Akı Yaman

Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI Türkiye

Merve Aki

Ayça Bağcı

Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye

Acya Bagci.

Meltem Bayraktar

Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye

Günes Cansiz

Director, WRI Türkiye

Günes Cansiz

Radha Chanchani

Senior Manager, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport

Rhada Chanchani

Shefaali Desai

HR International Manager, Global Human Resources

Milloni Doshi

Development Intern

Milloni Doshi

Celal Tolga Imamoglu

Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye

Yaren Kıtay

Communications & Operations Specialist, WRI Türkiye

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Aakash Malik

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Aakash Malik

Mya Nwe

Project Specialist, Membership and Governance, NDC Partnership

Mya Nwe

Cemil Oğuz

Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye

Cemil Oğuz

Ece Ömür

Urban Resilience Manager, WRI Türkiye

Ece Ömür.

Gülcan Orak

Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities

Gizem Senturk

Digital Communications Specialist

Gizem Senturk

Kriti Shah

Electric Vehicle Industry Intern

Kriti Shah

Htet Thadar Aung

Whole of Society Analyst, NDC Partnership

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Thet Hein Tun

Senior Transportation Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Thet Hein Tun

Tuğçe Üzümoğlu

Integrated Climate Action Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye

Yunus Emre Yılmaz

Analyst, Urban Mobility and Health & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye

Yunus Emre Yılmaz

Vijay Anadkat

Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities