Postdoctoral, Yale University, 1983; PhD, Duke University, 1979; MS, Duke University, 1969; SciB, Dickinson College, 1967
Selected publications
A. Siddiqi, T.W. Cronin, E.R. Loew, M. Vorobyev, and K. Summers. 2004. Interspecific and intraspecific views of color signals in the strawberry poison frog, Dendrobates pumilio. J. Exp. Biol. 207:2471-2485.[Abstract]
C.H. Mazel, T.W. Cronin, R.L. Caldwell, and J. Marshall. 2004. Fluorescent enhancement of signaling in a mantis shrimp. Science 303:51.[Abstract]
A.G. Cheroske and T. W. Cronin. 2005. Variation in stomatopod (Gonodactylus smithii) color signal design associated with organismal condition and depth. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 66:99-113.[Abstract]
T.W. Cronin, M.R. Kinloch, and G.H. Olsen. 2005. Head-bobbing behavior in foraging whooping cranes favors visual fixation. Current Biology 15:R243-R244.[Abstract]
C.M. Hofmann, T.W. Cronin, and K.E. Omland. 2006. Using spectral data to reconstruct evolutionary changes in coloration: carotenoid color evolution in New World orioles. Evolution 60:1680-1691.[PDF]
T.W. Cronin. 2006. Invertebrate vision in water. In: Invertebrate Vision (E. Warrant and D.E. Nilsson, eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 211-249.
T.W. Cronin, E.J. Warrant, and B. Greiner. 2006. Celestial polarization patterns during twilight. Applied Optics 45:5582-5589.[Abstract]
J.M. Douglas, T.W. Cronin, Tsyr-Huei Chiou, and Nathaniel J. Dominy. 2007. Light habitats and the role of polarized iridescence in the sensory ecology of Neotropical nymphalid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 788-799.[Abstract]
J.M. Jordão, T.W. Cronin, and R.F. Oliveira. 2007. Spectral sensitivity of four species of fiddler crabs (Uca pugnax, Uca pugilator, Uca vomeris and Uca tangeri) measured by in situ microspectrophotometry. Journal of Experimental Biology 210:447-453.[Abstract]
T.-H. Chiou, L.M. Mathger, R.T. Hanlon, and T.W. Cronin. 2007. Spectral and spatial properties of polarized light reflections from the arms of squid (Loligo pealeii) and cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis L.). Journal of Experimental Biology 210:3624-3635.[Abstract]
T.W. Cronin and M.L. Porter. 2008. Exceptional variation on a common theme: The evolution of crustacean compound eyes. Evolution: Education and Outreach 1:463-475.[PDF]
T.W. Cronin. 2008. Visual ecology. In: The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. Vision I, Volume 1 (eds. R. Masland and T.D. Albright). Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 211-246.
T.-H. Chiou, S. Kleinlogel, T.W. Cronin, R.L. Calwell, B. Lofle, A. Siddiqi, A. Goldizen and J. Marshall. 2008. Circular polarisation vision in a stomatopod crustacean. Current Biology 18:429-434.[Abstract]
C.M. Hofmann, K.E. O’Quin, N.J. Marshall, T.W. Cronin, O. Seehausen, and K.L. Carleton. 2009. The eyes have it: regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid visual pigment diversity. PLoS Biology 7:1-13.[PDF]
N.W. Roberts, T.-H. Chiou, N.J. Marshall, and T.W. Cronin. 2009. A biological quarter-wave retarder with excellent achromaticity in the visible wavelength region. Nature Photonics 3, 641-644. [PDF]
A.G. Cheroske,T.W. Cronin, M.K. Durham and R.L. Caldwell. 2009. Adaptive signalling behaviour in stomatopods under varying light conditions. Marine & Freshwater Behaviour & Physiology 42:219-232.[PDF]
M.L. Porter, M. Bok, P.R. Robinson, and T.W. Cronin. 2009. Molecular diversity of visual pigments in Stomatopoda (Crustacea). Visual Neuroscience 26: 255-266.[PDF]
T.M. Frank, M. Porter, and T.W. Cronin. 2009. Spectral sensitivity, visual pigments and screening pigments in two life history stages of the ontogenetic migrator Gnathophausia ingens. Journal of Marine Biology of the U.K. 89:119-129.[Abstract]
T.W. Cronin. 2010. Polarized-light vision in land and aquatic animals. Encyclopedia of the Eye, vol. 3 (Darlene A. Dartt, editor). Oxford: Academic Press, pp. 461-468.
B.E. Dalton, T.W. Cronin, N.J. Marshall, and K. Carleton. 2010. The fish eye view: Are cichlids conspicuous? Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 2243-2255.[PDF]
A.B. Lall, M.V.A. Järvilehto, T.W. Cronin, A.A. Carvalho, J.M. de Souza, M.P. Barros, C.V. Stevani, E.J.H. Bechara, D.F. Ventura, V.R. Viviani, and A.A. Hill. 2010. Vision in click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae): Pigments and spectral correspondence between visual sensitivity and species bioluminescence emission. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 196: 629-638.[PDF]
T.W. Cronin, M.L. Porter, M.J. Bok, J.B. Wolf, and P.R. Robinson. 2010. The molecular genetics and evolution of colour and polarization vision in stomatopod crustaceans. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics 30: 460-469.[Abstract]