• Ph.D., Baylor University, 2006 (Biology)
  Dissertation Title: “Periphyton-nutrient dynamics in a gradient-dominated freshwater marsh”. Advisor: Robert Doyle
• M.S., Tarleton State University, 1998 (Environmental Science)
  Emphasis: Water quality and water resource management. Advisor: Linda Schultz
• B.S., Howard Payne University, 1996 (Biology)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science, University of Arkansas, 2008-present
• Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 2007-2008
• Research Scientist, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, 2006-2007
• Graduate Assistant, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, 2003-2006
• Research Associate, Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research, Tarleton State University, 1998-2003

• Introduction to Water Quality (ENSC 4023)

• Aquatic Biogeochemistry
• Limnology
• Microbial Ecology
• Stable Isotopes
• Water Quality

2008

• Arkansas Biosciences Institute. “Acquisition of Instrumentation for Identifying Nutrient Sources and Quantifying Taste and Odor Producing Compounds in Drinking Water. Co-PI’s: S. Hausmann, J.T. Scott, P.D. Hays, R.K. Davis, E. Pollock, and J.O. Lay  ($92,839)
• Arkansas Agriculture Experiment Station, Research Incentive Grant. “Nitrogen Cycling and the Abundance of Nuisance Cyanobacteria in Reservoir Ecosystems”. J.T. Scott, PI ($19,853)

2006

• Society of Wetland Scientists, South Central Chapter - Best Student Presentation; "Nitrogen fixation and the natural abundance of nitrogen isotopes in wetland periphyton communities". Awarded travel expenses to the 2006 SWS International Meeting in Cairns, Queensland, Australia

2005

• Texas Water Resources Institute / US Geological Survey, Graduate Student Research Award. “Spatial Patterns in Wetland Nutrient Biogeochemistry: Implications for Ecosystem Functions”. J.T. Scott, PI; R.D. Doyle, Co-PI ($5000).
  

• Scott, J.T., D.A. Lang, R.S. King, and R.D. Doyle. 2009. Nitrogen fixation and phosphatase activity in periphyton growing on nutrient diffusing substrata: Evidence for differential nutrient limitation in stream periphyton. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 28 (1): In-press
• Forbes, M.G., R.D. Doyle, J.T. Scott, J.K. Stanley, H. Huang, and B.W. Brooks. 2008. Physical factors control phytoplankton primary production and nitrogen fixation in eight Texas reservoirs. Ecosystems: In-press
• Scott, J.T., R.D. Doyle, S.J. Prochnow, and J.D. White. 2008. Are watershed and lacustrine controls on planktonic N₂ fixation hierarchically structured? Ecological Applications 18: 805-819
• Scott, J.T., J.A. Back, J. Taylor, and R.S. King. 2008. Does nutrient enrichment decouple algal-bacterial production in periphyton? Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27: 332-344
• Scott, J.T., M.J. McCarthy, W.S. Gardner, and R.D. Doyle. 2008. Denitrification, dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium, and nitrogen fixation along a nitrate concentration gradient in a created freshwater wetland. Biogeochemistry 87: 99-111
• Prochnow, S.J., J.D. White, J.T. Scott, and C.T. Filstrup. 2007. Small reservoir impact on simulated watershed-scale nutrient yield. Research Letters in Ecology 2007: Article ID 12571, 4 pages, doi:10.1155/2007/12571
• Scott, J.T., R.D. Doyle, J.A. Back, and S.I. Dworkin. 2007. The role of N₂ fixation in alleviating N limitation in wetland metaphyton: enzymatic, isotopic, and elemental evidence. Biogeochemistry 84: 207-218
• Scott, J.T., and R.D. Doyle. 2006. Coupled photosynthesis and heterotrophic bacterial biomass production in a nutrient-limited wetland periphyton mat. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 45: 69-77
• Scott, J.T., R.D. Doyle, and C.T. Filstrup. 2005. Periphyton nutrient limitation and nitrogen fixation along a wetland nutrient-depletion gradient. Wetlands 25: 439-448