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
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Anu Kadyan, PhD
Graduate Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
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
Anne Maassen
Senior Urban Research, Knowledge & Learning Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Anjali Mahendra
Director, Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aakash Malik
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
David Pérez-Barbosa
Global Data Coordinator
Alejandro Schwedhelm
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Kriti Shah
Electric Vehicle Industry Intern
Yash Singh
Program Associate, Sustainable Cities, WRI India
Smriti Singh
Research and Engagement Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Raisa de Castro Soares
Senior Analyst of Integrated Climate Action, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Tini Tran
Director, Global Communications and Engagement, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Vandana Tyagi
Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Rogier van den Berg
Global Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Zachary Wandalowski
Communications Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Arief Wijaya
Managing Director, WRI Indonesia
Mende Thuji Yangden
Researcher and Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion Coordinator, Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Yiqian Zhang-Billert
Senior Manager, Climate and Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Vijay Anadkat
Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
