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
Claudia Adriazola-Steil
Deputy Director, Global Urban Mobility, and Director, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Ettore Arpini
Director for Strategy and Impact, WRI Brasil
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Angela Bekkers
Head of Communications, WRI Europe
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Rocío Campos
Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
Sheela Cao
Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager, Climate
Chen Yang
Research Analyst, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Penny Cross
Director of Strategic Communications, FOLU
Gerwin De Roy
Events Manager
Yanan Deng
Project Operations Manager, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Shefaali Desai
HR International Manager, Global Human Resources
Helen Ding
Head of Restoration Economics
Ruiyun Dou
Project Coordinator, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Li Fang
Country Director, WRI China
Adrián Flores Aguilar
Climate Finance Associate, NDC Partnership Support Unit
Johannes Friedrich
Director of Climate Data
Xiaotian Fu
Director, Food and Natural Resources Program, Sustainable Investment and Finance Program, WRI China
Mengpin Ge
Senior Associate
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
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
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
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
Clemens W. Janssen
User Research & Engagement Lead
Zhaoqianyi (Zhao) Ji
Research Analyst, Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Xiaoqian Jiang
Senior Associate and Climate Lead, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Junyi Yang
Supply Research Analyst, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Katie Lebling
Senior Associate, Carbon Removal
Yating Li
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Yanzhong Li
Research Associate, Sustainable Transition Center-Energy Program, WRI China
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Zoe Liu
Office Assistant, WRI China
