Casey was raised near the small town of Lynch, Nebraska where he spent his formative years fixing fence, cultivating corn, and baling hay on the family farm. Although seemingly mundane, these experiences afforded him plenty of opportunities to contemplate the workings of the natural world. He eventually ventured off to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to learn about science and “big city” life. As an undergraduate at UNL, he joined the lab of Dr. John Belot. It was there that he discovered f-orbitals and developed a passion for inorganic chemistry. After receiving his B.S. degree from UNL in 2006, Casey traveled to Texas A&M University to pursue his Ph.D. Fascinated by the chemistry of p-block elements, he joined the research group of Prof. François Gabbaï and completed his Ph.D. research studying the Lewis acidic properties of boron and heavy main group elements. In 2011, Casey moved to MIT to work with Prof. Mircea Dincă and study the chemistry of metal-organic frameworks. He started his independent career as assistant professor of chemistry at Brandeis University in 2013 and moved to THE Ohio State University in 2018. His research group explores the synthesis and properties of new molecules and porous materials (i.e. metal-organic frameworks) with applications in catalysis and molecular separation.