Dr. Casey Bartrem is Executive Director and Senior Environmental Scientist at TerraGraphics International Foundation (TIFO), an international organization that assists mining and recycling communities to address environmental pollution. Her work and research focus on environmental health, environmental security, and environmental justice. Dr. Bartrem has led projects in Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and the United States in close collaboration with local stakeholders, government representatives, humanitarian organizations such as Doctors Without Borders, and other NGOs. She is a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, an independent, international academy of 180 renowned scientists in the fields of occupational and environmental health. She has presented at conferences in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and has served on numerous graduate research committees for students in the US and Armenia. From 2007-2009, Dr. Bartrem was a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kingdom of Lesotho, working with communities on grassroots health and development projects.   In her work, Dr. Bartrem has analyzed how the increase in "green" energy is creating massive demand for minerals needed to power batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines. Her research also focuses on how climate-related conflicts interact with environmental degradation, human dimensions, and extractive industries to shape humanitarian response and project sustainability. From 2010-2022, Dr. Bartrem occupied a key leadership role in the Zamfara, Nigeria Emergency Environmental Response, which was awarded the 2011 Green Star by the United Nations Environment Program.