John Scott

John Ashley Scott 

Professor of Bioprocesses Engineering: School of Engineering

For information on current research projects, please click on: www.ongen.ca

For a fuller CV, please click on: www.ongen.ca/JAScott.html

Graduate program member:  Engineering Science (PhD, MASc)

• BSc in Environmental Chemical Engineering: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Exeter University (UK)
• PhD in Chemical Engineering: Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Exeter University (UK)
• Masters in Industrial Management: School of Industrial Management, Newcastle University (UK)
• PEO, PEng

Previous positions:

• STCRC Professor of Corporate Sustainability: Faculty of Business & Law, Victoria University (Australia)
• Executive Director of Research and Development: Earthcheck Pty Ltd, (Canada & Australia)
• Executive Director: Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor (Canada)
• Acting Dean: Faculty of Engineering, Giffith University (Australia)
• Chair in Environmental Engineering: Griffith University (Australia)
• Founding Director: Centre for Integrated Environmental Protection, Griffith University (Australia)
• Director: Queensland Consortium for Integrated Resource Management (Australia)
• Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Fellow & Visiting Professor in Biochemical Engineering, Queens University (Canada)
• Director of Studies: Chemical Engineering, University of Bath (UK)
• Lecturer in Biotechnology: Chemical Engineering, University of Bradford (UK)
• Visiting Research Fellow: Civil Engineering, Newcastle University (UK)
• Lecturer: Faculty of Sciences, Open University (UK)
• Group Engineering & Development Manager: Powder Coatings Division, International Paint plc (UK)

Active Research Projects at LU and International - for more details, please click on: http://www.ongen.ca

Active led graduate research at LU

• Bioleaching of critical minerals from mine tailing ponds (e.g., copper, nickel and cobalt)
• Capture and reuse of CO2 emissions (e.g., from industrial off-gasses, beverage fermentations)
• Natural antifungal agents (e.g., for vine and hop crop protection)
• Bioprospecting for new natural sources of disease fighting antimicrobial, antiviral & anticancer agents (e.g., microalgae in unexplored regions)
• Natural health beneficial nutraceuticals (e.g., omega 3's and antioxidants)
• Microalgal beverage industry waste stream remediation (e.g., N & P removal)
• Biofuels (e.g., biodiesel production from lipids)
• Control and destruction of natural toxins in drinking water (e.g., from blue-green algae)

Active led international research collaborations

• Federal University of Pará, Brazil: Recovery of critical minerals from mine sites in the Amazon region; working with indigenous community cooperatives to improve natural oils production

• University of Campinas, Brazil: Natural antifungal agents (for crops and animals) extracted from mine site bioprospected microalgae
• University of Strathclyde, UK: Combined physiochemistry-biosorption technology for critical metals recovery from tailing ponds
• Federal University of Ceará, Brazil: Health beneficial properties of microalgal extracts
• Federal University of Bahia, Brazil: Enhanced antioxidant properties of extracts from bioprospected microalgae under metals stress

For more details, please click on: http://www.ongen.ca

Active grants:

Date

Granting Agency

Project title

Amount $

CI

2025-2027

Joint initiative NERC (UK) and NSERC

A combined geochemical and biosorption tool for mine water clean-up and valorisation.

494,000

PI

2024-2025

Ontario Infrastructure Fund

Bioprospecting in Canada for health beneficial compounds

118,468

PI

2025-2028

NSERC Discovery extension

Bio prospected microalgae and CO2 in industrial emissions utilization

99,000

PI

2024-2025

CFI (John Evans Leadership Fund)

Bioprospecting in Canada for health beneficial compounds

118,468

PI

2024

NSERC Alliance

Microalgal biosorption of critical minerals from mining related tailing ponds - recovering key metals to better protect aquatic systems and water supplies.

530,990

PI

2023

NSERC Alliance

Capture and conversion of craft brewery waste streams into valuable health beneficial products

492,400

PI

2022-2026

MITACS

Use of non-ore resources to enhance the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the mining industry

509,000

PI

2020-2025

NSERC Discovery

Bioprospected microalgae and CO2 in industrial emissions utilization

165,000

Recent refereed journal articles (2020 - to date) (for a full list of publications, please go to my summary CV: www.ongen.ca/JAScott.html)

Bao, J., Laamanen, C.A., and Scott, J.A. (2025) Challenges and influencing factors in microalgae harvesting using crossflow membrane technology, Canadian J Chemical Eng (accepted)

Senhorinho, G.N.A., Lannér, C., Laamanen, C.A., Cunha Lima, S.T. and Scott, J.A. (2025) Freshwater eukaryotic and prokaryotic microalgae as a source of compounds with anticancer activities - Part 2: bioprospecting species from natural freshwater habitats and extreme environments. International Journal on Algae. 27:1, 91-102

Rinaldi, K., Laamanen, C.A., Senhorinho, G.N.A. and Scott, J.A. (2024) Antimicrobial Activity of Green PhotosyntheticMicroalgae Adapted to Abiotically Stressed Environments. Algal Research. Algal Research. 78, 103427

Senhorinho, G.N.A., Lannér, C., Laamanen, C.A., Cunha Lima, S.T. and Scott, J.A. (2024) Freshwater eukaryotic and prokaryotic microalgae as a source of compounds with anticancer activities - Part 1: background and assessment. International Journal on Algae 26:3, 219-234

Fawcett, C.A., Laamanen, C.A., Senhorinho, G.N.A. and Scott, J.A. (2024) The Effect of Ultraviolet Radiation onthe Production of Antioxidant Compounds from Bioprospected Acid Tolerant Microalgae. Industrial Biotechnology (inpress)

McGrath, S.J., Laamanen, C.A., Senhorinho, G.N.A. and Scott, J.A. (2024) Microalgal harvesting for biofuels – options and associated operational costs. Algal Research. 77, 103343

Comley, J.G, Scott, J.A. and Laamanen, C.A. (2023) Utilizing CO2 in industrial off-gas for microalgae cultivation: considerations and solutions. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. doi.org/10.1080/07388551.2023.2233692

Gauthier, M.R., Senhoriho, G.N.A., Basiliko, N., Desjardins, S.M. and Scott, J.A. (2022) Green photosynthetic microalgae from low pH environments associated with mining as a potential source of antioxidants. Industrial Biotechnology. 18:3, 168-175

Desjardins, S.M., Laamanen, C.A., Basiliko, N., Senhorinho, G.N.A. and Scott, J.A. (2022) Dark stress for improved lipid quantity and quality in bioprospected acid-tolerant green microalgae. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 369:1, fnac057

Gauthier, M.R., Senhoriho, G.N.A., Basiliko, N., Desjardins, S.M. and Scott, J.A. (2022) Green photosynthetic microalgae from low pH environments associated with mining as a potential source of antioxidants. Industrial Biotechnology. 18:3, 168-175

McLean, S.H., Chenier, J., Muinonen, S., Moreau, K., Laamanen, C.A., and Scott, J.A. (2022) A comparative life-cycle assessment of a sulphuric acid plant with and without on-site low-grade heat recovery and repurposing. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 27:5, 655-664

Fawcett, C.A., Senhorinho, G.N.A, Laamanen, C.A. and Scott. J.A. (2022) Microalgae as an alternative to oil crops for edible oils and animal feed. Algal Research, 64, 102663

Laamanen, C.A., Moreau, K., Desjardins, S.M., McLean, S.H. and Scott, J.A. (2021) The use of microalgal sourced biodiesel to help underground mines transition to battery electric vehicles. Journal of Sustainable Mining. 31:6 1159-1167

Chan-Yam, K., Meyer, T., Scott, J.A. and Basiliko N. (2021) Methane production potential of pulp mill sludges: microbial community and substrate constraints. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 368:21-24

Moreau, K., Laamanen, C.A., Bose, R., Shang, H. and Scott, J.A. (2021) Environmental impact improvements due to introducing automation into underground copper mines. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology. 31:6 1159-1167

Jiao, Y., Shang, H. and Scott, J.A. (2021) A UVC based advanced photooxidation reactor design for remote households and communities not connected to a municipal drinking water system. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 9:3, 105162

Laamanen, C.A., Desjardins, S.M., Senhorinho, G.N.A. and Scott, J.A. (2021) Harvesting microalgae for health beneficial dietary supplements. Algal Research. 54, 102189

Desjardins. S.M., Laamanen, C.A., Basiliko, N. and Scott, J.A. (2021) Selection and re-acclimation of bioprospected acid-tolerant green microalgae suitable for growth at low pH. Extremophiles. 25:2, 129-141

Little, S.M., Gerusa N. A. Senhorinho, G.N.A., Saleh, M., Basiliko, N. and Scott, J.A. (2021) Antibacterial compounds in green microalgae from extreme environments. Algae. 36:1, 61-72

Gauthier, M.R., Senhorinho, G.N.A. and Scott, J.A. (2020) Microalgae under environmental stress as a source of antioxidants. Algal Research. 52, 102104

Moreau, K., Laamanen, C.A., Bose, R., Shang, H. and Scott, J.A. (2020) Life cycle assessment to demonstrate how automation improves the sustainability performance of an underground mining operation. Journal of Sustainable Mining. 19, 182-194

Senhorinho, G.N.A., Lanner, C. and Scott, J.A. (2020) The importance of harvesting time on the screening of Chlamydomonas spp. extracts for antibacterial activity. International Journal on Algae. 22:3, 269-278

McLean, S.H., Chenier, J., Muinonen, S., Laamanen, C.A. and Scott, J.A. (2020) Recovery and repurposing of thermal resources in the mining and mineral processing industry. Journal of Sustainable Mining. 19:115-125

Desjardins, S.M., Laamanen, C.A., Basiliko, N. and Scott, J.A. (2020) Utilization of lipid-extracted biomass (LEB) to improve the economic feasibility of biodiesel production from green microalgae. Environmental Reviews. 28:3, 325-338

McLean, S.H., Chenier, J., Muinonen, S., Laamanen, C.A. and Scott, J.A. (2020) Low-grade waste heat recovery and repurposing to reduce the load on cooling towers. Advances in Energy Research. 7:2 147-166

Laamanen C.A. and Scott J.A. (2020) Microalgae biofuel bioreactors for mitigation of industrial CO2 emissions. In Bioreactors. Eds. Singh, L., Yousuf, Y. and Mahapatra, M. Elsevier Pub. 1-16

Jiao, Y., Basiliko, N., Kovala, A.T., Shepherd, J., Shang, H. and Scott, J.A. (2020) TiO2 based nanopowder coatings over stainless steel plates for UV-C photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 98, 728-729

For a full list of publications, please go to my CV: www.ongen.ca/JAScott.html