His research has focused on studying the effect of anthropogenic disturbance on environmental and human health. Specific research topics of interest to Weir include reptile and amphibian ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment and population modeling. He currently teaches general biology and ecology courses and has previously taught biometry courses using R during his doctoral studies. Scott earned his Ph.D. from Texas Tech in 2014, where he studied reptile ecotoxicology and risk assessment. His research also included population modeling.