Scott joined the University of Tasmania (UTAS) in 2016, after completing a PhD in Biogeochemical Modelling from the Quantitative Marine Science program a joint venture between CSIRO and UTAS.

Prior to this Scott worked as a Systems Administrator for Department of Defence, where he completed a MSc in Dynamical Systems Theory from UTAS. His research is mainly focussed on modelling environmental interactions from coastal marine aquaculture.

More recently he has been been incorporating Machine Learning within his research on Fisheries and Aquaculture. Most of the research is supported by Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) and the Sustainable Marine Research Collaboration Agreement between State Government and UTAS. This research is focused on developing sustainable solutions for marine industries, particularly aquaculture.