Ross teaches the 1st year unit Biology and the 2nd year unit Wildlife Conservation. He also supervises 3-5 students per year in the 3rd year research project unit Integrated Project, where he provides projects to students on topics such as management uses of nest boxes, monitoring of wildlife road crossing structures and surveys for threatened species such as the koala. His research interests currently encompass improving the management uses of nest and roost boxes (artificial hollows) for wildlife, determining whether specialised road crossing structures for gliding mammals are effective, and how to manage threatened species such as the broad-headed snake and eastern pygmy-possum within National Parks. Ross is currently the editor of Australian Mammalogy, the journal of the Australian Mammal Society.