Mr. Cromey is the co-manager for the ORP Imaging Cores - Optical, primarily training & supporting users for the Zeiss Elyra S.1 superresolution fluorescence microscope, the Zeiss Axio Observer 7 with Apotome III microscope, and the multi-function brightfield/fluorescence widefield microscope (Leica DMI6000). He is also cross-trained on the instruments found at the core's Marley location. In the past he has worked in diagnostic electron microscopy, managed a histology service lab, supported several models and generations of confocal microscopes as well as a multiphoton. Mr. Cromey has published and spoken on the topic of scientific digital imaging ethics at local and national meetings.
In addition, he has spent the past few years collaborating with the University of Arizona's Data Science Institute to help bring their OMERO image data management server online. He is the Director of the Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center’s Cellular Imaging Facility Core (NIEHS P30 ES006694).
Mr. Cromey was recognized with the 2014 University of Arizona Award for Excellence. In 2021 he was nominated for the University of Arizona's Billy Joe Varney award which "recognizes outstanding performance by dedicated and committed University employees for a career of at least 15 years of service."