Rate My Professor James Scott

Scott's contributions have been recognized with the University of Otago Early Career Award for Distinction in Research in 2017, the Division of Sciences Early Career Teacher of the Year in 2017, and the University of Otago Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2021. He has served as President of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand, Editor-in-Chief of the New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics from 2022 to 2024, president of the Otago Institute for Arts and Sciences, and leader of the Geochemistry Special Interest Group of the Geosciences Society of New Zealand. Key publications include 'Deep continental roots and cratons' in Nature (2021), 'Thinning and destruction of the lithospheric mantle root beneath the North China Craton: A review' in Earth-Science Reviews (2019), 'Metasomatized ancient lithospheric mantle beneath the young Zealandia microcontinent and its role in HIMU-like intraplate magmatism' in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (2014), and 'New Zealand's second meteorite: Makarewa (find, L4, S5, W2)' in New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics (2026). He supervises PhD and MSc students on topics such as ultra-refractory mantle beneath the Southern Alps, magmatic and orogenic tungsten in New Zealand, and noble metals in the mantle. Scott engages in public outreach through media discussions on meteorites and planetary geology.