Portrait of Serena A. Cronin

Serena A. Cronin

Graduate Student

301 405 3001
cronin@umd.edu 1113 Physical Sciences Complex
I am a Ph.D. candidate studying nearby starburst galaxies and their galactic winds with Prof. Alberto Bolatto. Broadly, I am interested in leveraging multiwavelength observations of galaxies to understand their evolution. I enjoy using facilities such as JWST, ALMA, GBT, VLT, and the VLA to characterize different properties of galaxies, such as gas and dust, to understand the star formation and feedback components of the baryon cycle. I am excited about the next-generation observatories (e.g., ngVLA and PRIMA) that will further our knowledge of how the baryon cycle shapes galaxy evolution.
Research Centers & Collaborations:
Space Missions

Latest Papers

JWST Observations of Starbursts: Relations between PAH features and CO clouds in the starburst galaxy M 82 (Corrigendum)

| Astronomy & Astrophysics
Author(s): V. Villanueva, A. D. Bolatto, R. Herrera-Camus, et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Local Group L-Band Survey (LGLBS)

| The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Author(s): Koch, Eric W., Leroy, Adam K., Rosolowsky, Erik W., et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


The MUSE view of the Sculptor galaxy: Survey overview and the luminosity function of planetary nebulae

| Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author(s): Congiu, E., Scheuermann, F., Kreckel, K., et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


Physical Conditions of the Ionized Superwind in NGC 253 with VLT/MUSE

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Serena A. Cronin, Alberto D. Bolatto, Enrico Congiu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


VizieR Online Data Catalog: MUSE NGC 253 planetary nebulae (Congiu+, 2025)

| VizieR Online Data Catalog
Author(s): Congiu, E., Scheuermann, F., Kreckel, K., et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


The dust polarisation and magnetic field structure in the centre of NGC253 with ALMA

| Astronomy & Astrophysics
Author(s): Davide Belfiori, Rosita Paladino, Annie Hughes, et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


JWST observations of starbursts: cold clouds and plumes launching in the M 82 outflow

| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Author(s): Fisher, Deanne B., Bolatto, Alberto D., Chisholm, John, et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


JWST Observations of Starbursts: Relations between PAH features and CO clouds in the starburst galaxy M 82

| Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author(s): Villanueva, V., Bolatto, A. D., Herrera-Camus, R., et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


Extreme Dust Properties in the Embedded Super Star Clusters in NGC 253

| American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
Author(s): Donaghue, Keaton, Mills, Elisabeth, Levy, Rebecca, et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin


Dust Processing in the Iconic M82 Wind with JWST MIRI and NIRCam

| American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
Author(s): Cronin, Serena, Bolatto, Alberto, Levy, Rebecca, et. al
UMD Author(s): Serena A. Cronin