Postdoctoral - Welcome Trust International Prize Travelling Research Fellow
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Professional Preparation
Postdoctoral - Research Fellow
University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College
University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College
PhD - Biology (Neuroendocrinology)
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
BSc - Honors Physiology
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
BSc - Zoology & Computer Science
Rhodes University
Rhodes University
Publications
Parolin P, Nichols TJ, Skinner DC, Bott Knutson RC. The role of the Dean in the future of Honors education. In: Honors Colleges in the 21st Century Eds Badenhausen R pages 155-179 2023 - Publication
Pitynksi-Miller D†, Ross M*, Schmill M*, Schambow R*, Fuller T*, Flynn FW, Skinner DC. A high salt diet inhibits obesity and delays puberty in the female rat. Int J Obesity. 41:1685-1692 2017 - Journal Article
MacGregor MJ†, Asa C, Skinner DC. Variable duration of reproductive suppression in male coyotes (Canis latrans) treated with a high dose GnRH agonist Deslorelin. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 29: 1271-1279 2017 - Research Article
Cardoso RC, Burns A, Moeller J, Skinner DC, Padmanabhan V. Developmental programming: Insulin sensitizer prevents the GnRH-stimulated LH hypersecretion in a sheep model of PCOS Endocrinology157: 4641-4653 2016 - Journal Article
Pitynski DP†, Flynn FW, Skinner DC. Does salt have a permissive role in the induction of puberty? Medical Hypotheses 85: 463-467 2015 - Journal Article
MacGregor MJ†, Perkins EG*, Asa C, Skinner DC. Contraception has gone to the coyotes (Canis latrans). J Zoo Wildlf Med 44: S4-S8 2013 - Journal Article
Edwards BS†, Smith A†, Skinner DC. Chronic effects of the GnRH agonist deslorelin: the male rat as a model. J Zoo Wildlf Med Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 44: S97–S101. 2013 - Journal Article
Smith AW†, Asa C, Edwards BS†, Murdoch WJ, Skinner DC. Predominant suppression of FSHβ-immunoreactivity after long-term treatment of intact and castrate adult male rats with the GnRH agonist deslorelin. J Neuroendocrinol 24(5):737-47 2012 - Journal Article
Awards
Friends of the Library recognition award, Sustainability Series, Athena cinema - [2022]
College of Arts & Sciences Top 10 Teaching Award - [2015]
The Society for Endocrinology (UK) award, University of Wyoming - [2013]
CASE Award for Outstanding Teaching, University of Wyoming - [2013]
Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award University of Wyoming - [2012]
T.S. Harris Teaching Award, University of Wyoming - [2011]
Fall Faculty Senate Speaker Series recipient, University of Wyoming - [2009]
Faculty Outstanding Research Award, University of Wyoming - [2009]
College of Arts & Sciences Top 10 Teaching Award - [2005]
Short-listed for Walpole Prize, Society for the Study of Fertility, UK - [1999]
Appointments
Dean
Ohio University [2019–2023]
Honors Tutorial College
Ohio University [2019–2023]
Honors Tutorial College
Professor
Ohio University [2019–2023]
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University [2019–2023]
Department of Biological Sciences
Dean
University of Wyoming [2017–2019]
The Honors College
University of Wyoming [2017–2019]
The Honors College
Professor
University of Wyoming [2012–2019]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
University of Wyoming [2012–2019]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
Head of Department
University of Wyoming [2013–2017]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
University of Wyoming [2013–2017]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
Associate Professor
University of Wyoming [2005–2012]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
University of Wyoming [2005–2012]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
Assistant Professor
University of Wyoming [2002–2005]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
University of Wyoming [2002–2005]
Department of Zoology & Physiology
Lecturer (equivalent, in the UK, to an Assistant Professor)
University of Bristol [1999–2001]
Department of Clinical & Veterinary Science
University of Bristol [1999–2001]
Department of Clinical & Veterinary Science
Additional Information
University & College Committees
Ohio University- Co-chaired search for Dean of the Patton College of Education
- Co-chaired the International Opportunities Think Tank (for teaching, learning, research, recruitment, and student support services)
- Co-chaired search for Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions
- Selection Committee member for VP for Financial Operations
- Advisory committee for Ohio University scholarships
- Konneker Medal Committee Member
- Chair of the Calendar Committee. 2018-2019
- Member of President’s advisory council for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. 2018
- Member of Co-curricular curriculum (SOAR) committee. 2017-2018
- Member of search team for VP in Enrollment Management. 2017
- Member of the advisory committee to increase Trustee Scholar acceptance. 2017
- Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Subcommittee for Student Success. 2016-2017
- Member of the Strategic Planning Committee for Student Enrollment Management. 2016-2017
- Co-Chair College of Arts & Sciences ad-hoc budgetary committee. 2016
- Member of the UW Science Initiative Leadership Committee. 2014-2019
- Committee for Articulation of 2+2 with Community Colleges. 2014-2016
- Chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion committee. 2010-2011
- Member of the College of Arts and Sciences Tenure and Promotion committee. 2008-2010
- Member of the UW Women in Science Initiative. 2012-2013
- Member of the Society for Neuroscience Women in Science Initiative. 2012-2013
- Member of the Faculty Senate Speaker Series Committee. 2010-2013
- Chair of the Physiology Curriculum Committee. 2008-2015
- Member of the Faculty Senate Library Committee. 2004-2007
- Assessment Committee. 2011-2013
- Physiology Curriculum Committee Chair. 2005-2013
- Gardner-Fiske Chair Search Committee. 2008-2010
- Library Committee Representative. 2005-2008
- T.S. Harris Premedical Scholarship Committee. 2003-2017
- Neurobiology Position Search Committee. 2002-2003
- Neurobiology Position Search Committee. 2007-2009
- Head of Department Search Committee. 2002-2003
- Floyd Clarke Scholarship Committee. 2002
Activities
TEDx speaker
The University of Wyoming Wired on Steroids. 2019Fundraiser
Raised funds from the Society for Reproduction and Fertility as well as the British Neuroendocrine Society to send four undergraduates and one graduate to work in the United Kingdom for 8 weeks over the summer. 2005-2015Faculty advisor
The University of Wyoming Physiology Club. 2003-2006Evaluator
Current Drugs Ltd. 1998-2001Workshops
Invited to participate in workshop on cerebrospinal fluid to establish international benchmark for diffusible signals. Los Angeles. 1998Selected for European Science Foundation workshop on Neural mechanisms involved in psychological and biological time measurement (San Feliu de Guixois, Spain). 1993
One of 20 postgraduate students in Europe to attend Chronobiology workshop (JW Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany). 1992
Grant Refereeing
National Institutes of HealthNational Science Foundation
BBSRC
The Wellcome Trust
The Health Research Council of New Zealand
National Health and Medical Research
Council of Australia
Manuscript Refereeing
Biology of ReproductionCell & Tissue Research
Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Endocrinology
European Journal of Pharmacology
Experimental Neurology
Hormones and Behavior
Journal of Arid Environments
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
Journal of Comparative Neurobiology
Journal of Endocrinology
Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Neuroendocrinology
Neuroscience Letters
Reproduction
Tissue & Cell