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.

• UTEP R&I Outstanding Researcher - Mid-Career Award (04/01/2025-04/30/2025)
• 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)

• Crystal and Molecular Structure of Guaiazulene and Its Potassium Crown Ether Salt: A Conglomerate Crystal Growth & Design 25 12 (2025), Ivan Bernal, Roger A. Lalancette, Skye Fortier, Manual Saucedo-Canas, Pavel Kucheryavy.
• The Curious Case of [AnH(NR₂)₃] (An = Th, U; R = SiMe₃): Two Monomeric Actinide Hydrides Revisited Organometallics 44 1 (2025), Thien H. Nguyen, Samantha F. Ausman, Frank MacGregor, Guang Wu, Skye Fortier, Trevor W. Hayton.
• Photoinduced Cleavage of a Strained N–C Bond in an Iron Complex Supported by Super-Bulky Amidinate and Guanidinate Ligands Inorganic Chemistry 63 12 (2024), Asiel Mena, Juan R. Luna, Frank MacGregor, Elizabeth N. Landa, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Wen-Yee Lee, Skye Fortier.
• Synthesis and characterization of a series of U(IV) trans-bis(phosphaylide)UX4 (X = Cl, Br, I) adducts Polyhedron 250 (2024), Frank MacGregor, Alejandro Metta-Magaña, Skye Fortier.
• Metallocene cis-Bis(phosphoranocarbene) of Uranium and a Probe of Its Reactivity with Alcohols. Inorganic Chemistry (2024), Frank MacGregor, Jose Luis Tarula-Marin, Alejandro J. Metta Magana, Skye Fortier.

• Complexing Carbon: Pursuing Rare Carbon-Actinide Bonding Motifs (2025), Volume Newport, Rhode Island , Skye Fortier.
• Complexing Carbon: Pursuing Rare Carbon-Actinide Bonding Motifs (2025), Volume Los Alamos, New Mexico, Skye Fortier.
• Complexing Carbon: Pursuing Rare Carbon-Actinide Bonding Motifs (2024), Volume South Kingstown, Rhode Island, Skye Fortier.
• 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.

• Synthesis, Reactivity, and Electronic Study of Unsupported and Supported Actinide-Arene Complexes (09/01/2024 - 07/31/2027) Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, Heavy Element Chemistry
• Evaluating New Materials and Processes for Radioactive Tank Waste Processing: Workforce Development in f-Element Chemistry, Nuclear Chemical Engineering, and Supply Chain Management (NuChemE Pipeline) (04/01/2024 - 03/31/2027) DOE MSIPP
• Facile Methods for the Synthesis of Uranium-Carbon Multiple Bonds (06/01/2023 - 05/31/2026) Welch Foundation
• Planning: PREC: UTEP-CSOE Collaborative for the Separation, Detection, and Remediation of Rare Earth Elements (11/01/2023 - 10/31/2025) National Science Foundation
• Uranium-Arenes as New Actinide Platforms (06/01/2020 - 05/31/2023) Welch Foundation