Martha Karafir is the Papua Regional Senior Lead at WRI Indonesia. She supports project management, research, and analysis, and plays an active role in stakeholder engagement in Tanah Papua. Martha contributes to the design and delivery of research products, coordinates cross-team activities, and ensures alignment with project objectives to drive impact across several WRI Indonesia initiatives in the region. She reports to the Managing Director of WRI Indonesia.

Before joining WRI Indonesia, Martha was a lecturer in Soil Science at the University of Papua, Manokwari, where she was involved in multiple research projects on soil science and natural resource management. She holds a master’s degree in Earth Environmental Science from James Cook University, Cairns, Australia, and a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia.

In 2013, Martha contributed to the ACIAR project "Soil acidification and its factors under oil palm plantation in Sumatra and Papua New Guinea", working with Dr. Paul Nelson and Prof. Michael Bird from James Cook University. This work also earned her a graduate certificate in Research Methods from the same university.