Rate My Professor Michael Skinner

Dr. Michael K. Skinner is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Reed College in 1979, a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Washington State University in 1982, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the C.H. Best Institute at the University of Toronto. Prior to his current position, he held faculty appointments at Vanderbilt University and the University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Skinner established and directed the Washington State University and University of Idaho Center for Reproductive Biology since its founding in 1996 and the Center for Integrated Biotechnology in 2002. His research focuses on gonadal growth and differentiation in reproductive biology, with emphasis on environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of disease phenotypes resulting from abnormal germline epigenetic programming. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, including the 2005 Science paper on epigenetic transgenerational actions of endocrine disruptors and male fertility, and has delivered more than 280 invited symposia, plenary lectures, and university seminars. Dr. Skinner received the American Ingenuity Award from the Smithsonian in 2013, was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences, and has served on numerous journal editorial boards and as an officer for scientific societies. He founded several biotechnology companies and has been featured in documentaries by BBC, PBS, and Smithsonian. His work has been highlighted as top discoveries by Discover magazine in 2005 and 2007.