 Throughout his career Skinner has received numerous awards including the ACS Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics (2012), ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Award in Theoretical Chemistry (2011), Hilldale Award in the Physical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015), Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) named professorship, University of Wisconsin Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2003), Pharmacia Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000), Phi Lambda Upsilon Fresenius Award (1989), Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1984–89), National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator (1984-1989), National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (1980-1981), and National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1975-1978).Skinner is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2012), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2006), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2003).He is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1984–88), Guggenheim Fellow (1993-94), Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist (1993–97), Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2012) and American Physical Society (1997).