After earning his BS at the University of Georgia, MS at the Florida State University, and PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Cartee completed his postdoctoral training at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, under the mentorship of John Holloszy. Dr. Cartee then joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor. He moved through the ranks to become a professor and Chair in the Department of Kinesiology, with an affiliate appointment in the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences. He subsequently joined the faculty at the University of Michigan, with his primary appointment as a professor in the School of Kinesiology, where he currently serves as the Associate Dean for Research. He also has affiliate appointments in Molecular and Integrative Physiology and the Institute of Gerontology. His research has been supported by the NIH as a PI since 1994. He has also served as the PI of grants from various organizations, including the Diabetes Education and Research Foundation, the American Federation for Aging Research, and the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation.

Dr. Cartee is a fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. He received a Research Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and was a Wenner-Gren Center Visiting Scientist at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He is a recipient of the ACSM Citation Award that recognizes an individual or group who has made significant and important contributions to sports medicine and/or the exercise sciences. He is an Honor Inductee of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been selected to present several prestigious lectureships, including the 13th Annual Piro P. Foa Endowed Lectureship at Wayne State University, the 7th Annual Gary Hunter Award at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Montoye-Nagle Lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also was the Southeastern ACSM Regional Chapter Invited Lecture Tour Speaker.

My research is focused on elucidating the processes that regulate glucose transport in skeletal muscle, especially in the context of physiological conditions including exercise, diet (moderate calorie restriction; high fat diet), and aging. My research has evaluated skeletal muscle glucose transport in rodent models under in vivo conditions, in isolated tissue preparations, and in single myofibers. My research has included assessment of the roles of key insulin signaling proteins in regulating glucose transport in response to exercise, dietary manipulations, and aging.