A Giant Among Mantis Shrimp: Tom Cronin's Outsized Legacy Of Mentorship Ripples Outward In The Field Of Visual Ecology And Beyond

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2025-09-12

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Hansen, Sarah. “A Giant Among Mantis Shrimp: Tom Cronin’s Outsized Legacy Of Mentorship Ripples Outward In The Field Of Visual Ecology And Beyond.” News. UMBC News, September 12, 2025. https://umbc.edu/stories/tom-cronin-a-giant-among-mantis-shrimp/.

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Chin Chiao, Chuan
Kingston, Alex
Bok, Michael
Feller, Kathryn
Cronin, Thomas

Abstract

Every biological sciences graduate student at UMBC knows “the face”—Tom Cronin’s signature scowl, which, contrary to appearances, signals rapt attention rather than disapproval.