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
Merve Akı Yaman
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI Türkiye
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Ayça Bağcı
Senior Manager, European Union Projects, WRI Türkiye
Meltem Bayraktar
Senior Program Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Iryna Bondarenko
Research Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Günes Cansiz
Director, WRI Türkiye
Milloni Doshi
Development Intern
Celal Tolga Imamoglu
Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Yaren Kıtay
Communications & Operations Specialist, WRI Türkiye
Jiaying Lin
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Anne Maassen
Senior Urban Research, Knowledge & Learning Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Cemil Oğuz
Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye
Ece Ömür
Urban Resilience Manager, WRI Türkiye
Gülcan Orak
Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye Sustainable Cities
David Pérez-Barbosa
Global Data Coordinator
Alejandro Schwedhelm
Urban Mobility Manager, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Raisa de Castro Soares
Senior Analyst of Integrated Climate Action, WRI Brasil Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Tuğçe Üzümoğlu
Integrated Climate Action Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
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
Yunus Emre Yılmaz
Analyst, Urban Mobility and Health & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Yiqian Zhang-Billert
Senior Manager, Climate and Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
