[2] As part of her doctoral research, Ross studied benthos and scallop aquaculture at the University of Liverpool's Port Erin Marine Laboratory on the Isle of Man.
[3][4] She subsequently worked on marine protected area policy for the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in Aberdeen, Scotland, and worked on salmon, sea trout, and shellfish stock assessment and habitat restoration in Scotland's Outer Hebrides,[3] completing an important survey of cockle grounds in 2009 and 2010.
[5] Ross then served as Chief Scientist of the British Antarctic Survey's King Edward Point Research Station in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
[6] She held the post until 2015, when she left to become the Habitats Officer at Falklands Conservation.
[8][9] Her current work focuses on collaborating with the local Falklands community to restore eroded areas with native plants.