Biography

Scott received his B.S. in Biological Sciences from Clemson University before completing a M.S. in Marine Science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories studying the trophic ecology of coral reef fishes from the central Pacific. During his Ph.D. at Florida State University, he worked in Moorea to develop protocols to greatly scale up surveys of fish and benthic communities in coral reefs and studied the spatial dynamics of benthic macroalgae. 

Research Area

Scott is interested in how spatial processes influence coral reef ecology. He conducts field surveys at multiple spatial scales and creates mathematical models to better understand how habitat heterogeneity influences coral to macroalgal regime shifts in patchy coral reefs.