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
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Jenny Chen
Global Electric Mobility Research Intern, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Xixi Chen
Senior Research Manager, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
Mengpin Ge
Senior Associate
Shuwei Guan
Staff Accountant
Arya Harsono
Research Analyst II, New Climate Economy
Millie Howard
US Energy Communications Intern, WRI US
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Bo Li
Research Associate II
K. Zèi Liu
Global Electric Mobility Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Nikita Luke
Project Manager, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
T Nandakumar
Senior Fellow, Food and Land Use Coalition, WRI India
Mridula Sarji
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
Lucie Schwartz
Development Specialist
John Thoppil
Associate Director, Global Operations
Tini Tran
Director, Global Communications and Engagement, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Thet Hein Tun
Senior Transportation Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Mei Xu
Land Accelerator Intern
Lucy Yang
Research and Communications Manager
Yiqian Zhang-Billert
Senior Manager, Climate and Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Lihuan Zhou
Associate II, Sustainable Finance Center
