Dr. Ankita Gangotra is a Senior Manager at WRI US where she leads work on technologies and policies to decarbonize the industrial sector. Her research and analysis focus on cement and steel decarbonization, climate-oriented trade policies, and international cooperation.

Prior to joining WRI, Ankita was a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Foreign Service and the Department of Physics at Georgetown University. Her research looked at the readily available technology and policy options for upgrading low-carbon cement production in the United States.

Ankita has a Master's in Electronics Engineering with Nanotechnology from the University of York, UK and a Ph.D. in Physics (Materials Science) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. During her time in New Zealand, Ankita interned at the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor looking into equity, diversity and inclusion policy options for New Zealand’s science, research and innovation workforce.

She grew up in India in a multilingual household. Ankita finds joy in spending time with her family, spoiling her dog and collecting as many plants as she can fit in her apartment.