Ross an award-winning biophysicist studying the organization of the microtubule cytoskeleton and enzymes using high-resolution single-molecule imaging techniques. Ross has a Ph.D. in Physics, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Cottrell Scholar, and winner of the Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society. She is a servant of the physics and biophysics community serving in elected positions for the Division of Biological Physics in the American Physical Society and the Biophysical Society Council. As a Cottrell Scholar, Ross has pioneered innovative teaching techniques for active learning course that have been adopted around the world. She is also an advocate for women and under-represented groups. In June 2020, Ross was named the chair of the Physics Department at Syracuse University.
