Denija Crnojevic
Assistant Professor of Physics
Office: GHS 239
Education and Training:
- 2005 University of Trieste (Italy), B.S. in Physics
- 2007 University of Trieste (Italy), M.S. in Astrophysics and Space Science
- 2010 University of Heidelberg (Germany), Ph.D. in Astronomy
- 2011-2013 University of Edinburgh (UK), Postdoc in Astronomy
- 2014-2018 Texas Tech University (TX), Postdoc/Research Assistant Professor in Astronomy
Research Interests:
Denija Crnojevic is interested in understanding how galaxies form and evolve. In particular, she exploits large photometric surveys from ground-based and space-borne telescopes in order to discover and characterize the smallest and faintest galaxies in the universe, how they interact with their neighboring galaxies and the role of dark matter in their formation.
Crnojevic has an active research program in collaboration with several U.S. universities. She has recently been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to study the closest dwarf galaxies, uncover their assembly histories and interpret her observational findings in light of theoretical expectations.
Please see Assistant Professor Crnojevic for information on specific research projects.
Crnojević, Denija & Mutlu-Pakdil, Burçin, 2021, “Dwarf galaxies yesterday, now and tomorrow”, Nature Astronomy, 5, 1191
Crnojević, Denija, 2017, “Resolved stellar populations as tracers of outskirts”, Outskirts of Galaxies, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume 434
