Dr. Fortier was born and raised in El Paso, TX. He received his B.S. from UTEP, his Ph.D. from UCSB in 2011 and was an NSF Postdoctoral researcher at IU.

• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow - Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (01/01/2018-12/31/2018)
• American Competitiveness in Chemistry Postdoctoral Fellowship - National Science Foundation (09/01/2011-09/30/2011)
• Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarship. (declined) - University of Chicago (01/01/2011-01/31/2011)
• Graduate Opportunity Fellowship - UCSB (10/01/2010-10/31/2010)
• Robert H. DeWolfe Graduate Teaching Award - UCSB (08/01/2009-08/31/2009)
• Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable Mention - NSF (12/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - UCSB (12/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• Roche Graduate Teaching Award - UCSB (08/01/2008-08/31/2008)
• American Chemical Society Scholar - ACS (08/01/2005-08/31/2005)
• College of Science Student Spotlight - UTEP (05/01/2005-05/31/2005)
• Department of Chemistry Peer Leader Recognition Award - UTEP (05/01/2005-05/31/2005)
• G.T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science Fellow - G.T. (05/01/2004-05/31/2004)
• Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholar - NIH (05/01/2003-05/31/2003)

• Ph D in CHEMISTRY, University of California, Santa Barbara (2011)

• Synthesis and characterization of a series of U(IV) trans-bis(phosphaylide)UX4 (X = Cl, Br, I) adducts Polyhedron (2024), Frank MacGregor, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Skye Fortier.
• Synthesis and comparison of iso-structural f-block metal complexes (Ce, U, Np, Pu) featuring η6-arene interactions. Chemical Science 14 (2023), Jesse Murillo, Conrad Goodwin, Lauren Stevens, Skye Fortier, Andrew Gaunt, Brian L. Scott.
• Synthesis and Characterization of U≡C Triple Bonds in Fullerene Compounds Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 46 (2023), Yang-Rong Yao, Jing Zhao, Qingyu Meng, Han-Shi Hu, Min Guo, Yingjing Yan, Jiaxin Zhuang, Shangfeng Yang, Skye Fortier, Luis A. Echegoyen, W. H. Schwarz, Jun Li, Ning Chen.
• Molecular Capacitors: Accessible 6- and 8‐Electron Redox Chemistry from Dimeric “Ti(I)” and “Ti(0)” Synthons Supported by Imidazolin- 2-Iminato Ligands Inorganic Chemistry 61 (2022), Skye Fortier, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Niki Mavragani, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Muralee Murugesu.
• Synthesis of an Arenide Scandium Complex Accompanied by Reductively Induced C−H Activation Organometallics 41 (2022), Skye Fortier, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Alejandro J. Metta Magana.
• Actinide arene-metalates: 2. A neutral uranium bis(anthracenide) sandwich complex and elucidation of its electronic structure† Chemical Communications 58 (2022), Skye Fortier, Jesse Murillo, Rina Bhowmick, Katie L. Harriman, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Joshua Wright, Pere Miro, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Bess Vlaisavljevich, Muralee Murugesu.
• Room temperature synthesis of UO 2+ x nanocrystals and thin films via hydrolysis of uranium (iv) complexes Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 9 4 (2022), Jesse Murillo, Debiprasad Panda, Subhananda Chakrabarti, Alex Hattori, Leonel Griego, Venkata S. Chava, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Chintalapalle V. Ramana, Skye Fortier.
• Room temperature synthesis of UO_2+<i>x</i> nanocrystals and thin films <i>via</i> hydrolysis of uranium(<scp>iv</scp>) complexes Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 9 4 (2022), Jesse Murillo, Debiprasad Panda, Subhananda Chakrabarti, Alex Hattori, Leonel Griego, Venkata S. Chava, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Ramana V. Chintalapalle, Skye Fortier.
• Room temperature synthesis of UO2+x nanocrystals and thin films via hydrolysis of uranium(iv) complexes Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (2022), Jesse Murillo, Debiprasad Panda, Subhananda Chakrabarti, Alex Hattori, Leonel Griego, Venkata S. Chava, Sreeprasad T. Sreenivasan, Ramana V. Chintalapalle, Skye Fortier.
• Actinide arene-metalates: ion pairing effects on the electronic structure of unsupported uranium–arenide sandwich complexes Chemical Science (2021), Jesse Murillo, Rina Bhowmick, Katie Harriman, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Joshua Wright, Robert Meulenberg, Pere Miro, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Muralee Murugesu, Vlaisavljevich, Skye Fortier.
• Feature Review Article: Redox chemistry of discrete low-valent titanium complexes and low-valent titanium synthons Chemical Communications (2021), Skye Fortier, Gomez-Torres.
• Reductive Coupling of Xylyl Isocyanide Mediated by Low-Valent Uranium Organometallics (2021), Selena Staun, Greggory Kent, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Guang Wu, Skye Fortier, Trevor Hayton.
• Amidinates, Formamidinates, and Guanidinates Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry III - Elsevier (2021), Skye Fortier, Debabrata Sengupta, Alejandra Gomez-Torres.
• Arene Complexes of the Group 4 Metals. Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry IV. - Elsevier (2021), Skye Fortier, Maria A. Gomez-Torres, Carlos Saucedo.
• Chemical Control of Spin‐Orbit Coupling and Charge Transfer in Vacancy‐Ordered Ruthenium(IV) Halide Perovskites Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2020), Pratap Vishnoi, Julia Zuo, Joya Cooley, Linus Kautzsh, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Jesse Murillo, Skye Fortier, Stephen Wilson, Ram Seshadri, Anthony Cheetham.
• Coordination of Uranyl to the Redox-Active Calix[4]pyrrole Ligand Inorganic Chemistry (2020), Greggory Kent, Jesse M. , Guang Wu, Skye Fortier, Trevor Hayton.
• Isolation of a Bimetallic Cobalt(III) Nitride and Examination of Its Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Chemistry and Reactivity toward H2 American Chemical Society 2020 142 (18) (2020), Skye Fortier, Debabrata Sengupta, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Emily Schueller, Angela Encerrado-Manriquez, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Wen-Yee Lee, Ram Seshadri, Balazs Pinter.
• Intra and Intermolecular Capture of a Terminal Uranium Nitride Chemical Science (2020), Skye Fortier, Munendra Yadav, Alejandro J. Metta Magana.
• Isolation of a Bimetallic Cobalt(III) Nitride and Examination of Its Hydrogen Atom Abstraction Chemistry and Reactivity toward H-2 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 142 18 (2020), Debabrata Sengupta, Christian Sandoval-Pauker, Emily Schueller, Angela M. Encerrado-Manriquez, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Wen-Yee Lee, Ram Seshadri, Balazs Pinter, Skye Fortier.
• Reversible oxidative-addition and reductive-elimination of thiophene from a titanium complex and its thermally-induced hydrodesulphurization chemistry CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS 56 10 (2020), Alejandra Gomez-Torres, J. R. Aguilar-Calderon, Carlos Saucedo, Aldo Jordan, Alejandro Metta-Magana, Balazs Pinter, Skye Fortier.
• Fully Reversible Oxidative-Addition and Reductive Elimination of Thiophene from Titanium and its Thermally Induced Hydrodesulfurization Chemistry Chemical Communications (2020), Skye Fortier, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Rolando Aguilar-Calderon, Aldo Jordan, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Balazs Pinter.
• Titanium-Mediated Catalytic Hydrogenation of Monocyclic and Polycyclic Arenes Chemistry - A European Journal (2020), Skye Fortier, Alejandra Gomez-Torr, Rolando A. , Angela Encerrado-Manriquez, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Wen-Yee Lee, Maren Pink.
• Redox Character and Small Molecule Reactivity of a Masked Ti(II) Synthon Organometallics (2020), Skye Fortier, Rolando Aguilar-Calderon, Alejandra Gomez-Torres, Carlos Saucedo, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Maren Pink.
• Relaxation Dynamics in See-saw Shaped Dy(III) Single-Molecule Magnets Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers (2020), Skye Fortier, Katie Harriman, Jesse Murillo, Muralee Murugesu.
• Werner-Type Complexes of Uranium(III) and (IV) Inorganic Chemistry (2020), Judith Reidhammer, Josue R. Calderon, Matthias Miehlich, Dominik Halter, Dominik Munz, Frank Heinemann, Skye Fortier, Karsten Meyer, Daniel Mindiola.

• Electrons, Electrons Everywhere but Not a Low-Valent Complex to See! (2023), Volume Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Skye Fortier.
• Molecules to Materials: Examining the Properties of Early Metal and Actinide Complexes. (2023), Volume Pullman Washington, Skye Fortier.
• Molecules to Materials: Examining the Properties of Early Metal and Actinide Complexes (2023), Volume Stillwater, Oklahoma, Skye Fortier.
• Synthesis and Comparison of Iso-structural f-block Metal Complexes (Ce, U, Np, Pu) Featuring η6-Arene Interactions (2023), Volume Colorado State University, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2022), Volume Vermillion, South Dakota, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2021), Volume University of Rochester, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2021), Volume Miami, Florida, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2021), Volume Gainesville, Florida, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2021), Volume Tallahassee, Florida, Skye Fortier.
• Chemistry of Photochemically Generated Terminal Uranium Nitrides (2020), Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2019), Volume University of Southern California, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2019), Volume University of California, Irvine, Skye Fortier.
• -Tethered Uranium Arene Complexes (2019), Volume Salve Regina University, Skye Fortier.
• Adventures in Academics and Actinides (2019), Volume University of California, Santa Barbara, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2019), Volume University of California, San Diego, Skye Fortier.
• Metal-Arenides as Low-Valent Synthons (2019), Volume University of Minnesota, Skye Fortier.
• Uranium-Arenes: A Play on Hard-Soft Interactions (2019), Volume Purdue University, Skye Fortier.
• Uranium-Arenes: A Play on Hard-Soft Interactions (2019), Volume University of Missouri, Columbia, Skye Fortier.

• Planning: PREC: UTEP-CSOE Collaborative for the Separation, Detection, and Remediation of Rare Earth Elements
• Facile Methods for the Synthesis of Uranium-Carbon Multiple Bonds
• Uranium-Arenes as New Actinide Platforms