Biography

Dr. Ross earned her Ph.D in URI’s Laboratory for Soil Ecology and Microbiology (LSEM), where her research focused on the performance, microbial communities, and greenhouse gas emissions of advanced nitrogen-removal onsite wastewater treatment systems in Charlestown, RI. Prior to earning her Ph.D, she received a B.S. and M.S. degree in environmental science, with a focus in soil science. During her M.S. research, Dr. Ross investigated carbon cycling and greenhouse gas emissions in wetland soils. In addition to teaching, Dr. Ross is finishing her ORISE postdoctoral fellow with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Narragansett, RI, where she studies the environmental fate and transport of nanomaterials in surface waters and subaqueous soils.