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
Saketan Anand
Restoration Finance and Analysis Intern
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Kalpana Giri, Ph.D (Dr. nat. tech.)
Senior Manager, Global Restoration Research & Strategy
Aarushi Jain
Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator
Gautam Mathur
Remote Sensing, Data Science Intern
Radhika Rao
Research Associate II, Restoration Finance and Outcome Buyer Engagement, Global Restoration Initiative
Tina Schneider
Director, Forest Governance and Policy
Martin Sommerschuh
Senior Manager, Partnerships and Impact, Global Nature Watch
Wessel van Eeden
Strategic Communications Manager, Restore Local
Arief Wijaya
Managing Director, WRI Indonesia
Tesfay Woldemariam
GIS Research Associate I
