[1] Ott has written eight books, co-written five, and contributed to four others, and published many articles in the field of entheogens.

[3] He has collaborated with other researchers like Christian Rätsch, Jochen Gartz, and the late ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson.

[4] Ott has experience of field collecting in Mexico, where he lives and manages a small natural-products laboratory and botanical garden of medicinal herbs.

A number of his ethno-botanical products have been studied to determine their possible benefits to individuals suffering various mental aberrations.

While most of his books survived the fire, Ott's laboratory and personal effects were destroyed in the blaze.