Matthew Skerritt
Professor
Contact:
Phone: 607.962.9538
Email: mskerritt@corning-cc.edu
Office: Schuyler 216B
Education
- SUNY Geneseo, Biochemistry, B.S.
- Binghamton University, Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology, M.A.
- University at Buffalo, Biophysics, Ph.D.
Dr. Skerritt conducted postdoctoral training in the Department of Public Health Sciences
at the University of
Rochester, focused on cardiovascular disease prevention. He also completed a US Fulbright
Scholar award to the United Arab Emirates to investigate, in collaboration with colleagues
at the UAE University, cardiovascular disease prevention strategies in Abu Dhabi.
Dr. Skerritt is Coordinator of the Honors Program.
Teaching
My goal in the classroom is to facilitate the process by which students acquire, integrate, and critically evaluate knowledge and to then challenge students to apply that knowledge in original and independent ways.
Courses
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology I, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology II, Cell
Biology, Genetics
Cross Country
Publications and Conference Presentations
Croonquist P, Aragon AD, Falkenberg V, Minkovsky N, Sawa A, Skerritt MR, et al. The Genomics Education Partnership: First findings on genomics research in community colleges. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR); 2023, in press.
Lopatto D, Rosenwald AG, Burgess RC, Silver Key C, Van Stry M, Wawersik M, DiAngelo JR, Hark AT, Skerritt M, et al. Student Attitudes Contribute to the Effectiveness of a Genomics CURE. J. Microbiol. Biol. Educ. 2022
Lopatto D, Rosenwald AG, DiAngelo JR, Hark AT, Skerritt MR, et al. Facilitating growth through frustration: Using genomics research in a course-based undergraduate research experience. J. Microbiol Biol Educ 2020; 21: 21.
Fleming JF, Skerritt MR. Detection of a Non-canonical Splice Site through Comparative
Annotation of the Drosophila ficusphila Muller D Element.
[Poster] 44th Annual Fall Scientific Paper Session of the Rochester Academy of Science.
2017.
Elgin SCR, Hauser C, Holzen TM, Jones C, Kleinschmit A, Leatherman J, Genomics Education
Partnership (including Skerritt MR). The GEP: Crowd-
sourcing big data analysis with undergraduates. Trend Genet 2016; 33: 81.
Buckley PM, Skerritt MR. Comparative annotation of a region of the Drosophila elegans
Muller D element. [Poster] 43rd Annual Fall Scientific Paper Session of the Rochester
Academy of Science. 2016.
Skerritt MR, Block RC, Pearson TA, Young KC. Carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting utilization trends over time. BMC Neurol 2012; 12: 17.
Professional Organizations
The Genomics Education Partnership, The Empire State Association of Two-year College Biologists
Awards
SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2022
Ernie Danforth Award for Excellence in Assessment, May, 2017