Dr. Fleet is the Margaret McKean Love Endowed Professor in Nutrition, Cellular, and Molecular Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds a BS and Ph.D. from Cornell University and has previously held faculty appointments at Tufts University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Purdue University. Dr. Fleet's research is focused on the molecular and physiological functions of vitamin D as they pertain to the control of calcium metabolism and the prevention of cancer. His research employs the tools of molecular biology, genomics, and genetics to address questions relevant to human health and disease prevention. He has published 152 articles, book chapters, and reviews. His research has received over USD 14 million in funding from the NIH, the USDA, and the American Institute for Cancer Research. He served as a contributing editor to Nutrition Reviews and has been on the editorial boards of The Journal of Nutrition, Endocrinology,and the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. He has been a standing member on the INMP and CDP study sections at NIH. He has organized FASEB Summer Conferences, a summer bioinformatic workshops, and three Vitamin D Workshops. In 2001, he was the recipient of the Mead Johnson Award from the ASN, he was honored as a "University Faculty Scholar" (2004-9) and a “distinguished professor” at Purdue, and he is a fellow of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (2019).