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
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
Jonah Busch
Senior Environmental Economist, Cities4Forests, Natural Infrastructure
Günes Cansiz
Director, WRI Türkiye
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
Celal Tolga Imamoglu
Senior Manager, Transport & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Anu Kadyan, PhD
Graduate Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative
Yaren Kıtay
Communications & Operations Specialist, WRI Türkiye
Vishant Kothari
Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Nikita Luke
Project Manager, Health & Road Safety, 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
Cemil Oğuz
Manager, Urban Mobility, WRI Türkiye
Ece Ömür
Urban Resilience Manager, WRI Türkiye
Gülcan Orak
Urban Planner, WRI Türkiye 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
Vandana Tyagi
Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Tuğçe Üzümoğlu
Integrated Climate Action Manager, Urban Efficiency & Climate, WRI Türkiye
Retno Wihanesta
Research Analyst/Urban Transport Planner, WRI Indonesia
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
Yunus Emre Yılmaz
Analyst, Urban Mobility and Health & Road Safety, WRI Türkiye
Vijay Anadkat
Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
