text: Scott runs a research group developing new metal-catalyzed methods for incorporating fluorine-18 and carbon-11 into bioactive molecules as well as novel PET radiotracers for imaging neurodegenerative disorders. His methodology work aims to improve the synthesis of PET radiotracers and he has an active collaboration with Prof. Melanie Sanfords group that is funded by NIBIB. Together they have developed methods for the Cu-mediated radiofluorination and radiocyanation of (mesityl)(aryl)iodonium salts, boronic acids and stannanes, as well as new methods for radiofluorination of C-H bonds and aryl halides. Scott has also introduced methods for green radiochemistry, for which he received the Michigan Green Chemistry Governors Award in 2014. In 2019, Prof. Scott was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and received a Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research. In 2021, he was honored as a Fellow of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and was also recognized by SNMMI in 2023 with the Sam Gambhir Trailblazer Award, created to honor the legacy and memory of the late Sanjiv Sam Gambhir.