Dr. Julie Michelle Klinger is currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware. Dr. Klinger and her research team conduct in-depth field-based and global-scope research on competing uses for energy-transition metals, materials, and infrastructures. She has published numerous articles on rare earth elements, natural resource use, environmental politics, and outer space, including the award-winning 2018 book Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes. She holds a PhD in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley.