Scott is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellow, in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, and The University of Melbourne. He completed his PhD at The University of Melbourne with Frank Carbone, performed postdoctoral training in the USA at Emory University with Dr Rafi Ahmed and then at the National Institutes of Health with Dr Ronald Germain before starting his laboratory in 2010. Scott led the establishment of an advanced microscopy facility in the Doherty and procured and setup several multi-photon imaging systems, including Australia’s first 3-photon microscope.