Dr. Bartelink is currently an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Chico. He is a physical anthropologist with academic interests in human skeletal biology, forensic anthropology, and stable isotope analysis. His expertise is in bioarchaeology, paleodietary reconstruction using stable isotope analysis, forensic anthropology, and California prehistory. He worked on international forensic cases in Bosnia-Herzegovina and worked on the World Trade Center victim identification effort. He has taught numerous courses and given lectures concerning the identification of human remains, forensic anthropology, excavation methods, and locating cladestine graves.