Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Box 454002
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4002
U.S.A.

• Princeton University, Physics,  Ph.D., 2001
  Thesis: "Predictions of Lambda CDM Eulerian Hydrodynamic Simulations on Galaxy Formation and Evolution"
  (Advisor: Prof. Jeremiah P. Ostriker,    Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences)
• Princeton University, Physics,  M.A., 1998
• University of Tokyo, Physics,  B.S., 1996   [Theoretical Astrophysics Group]

APPOINTMENTS:

• Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UNLV, July 2011 - Present
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UNLV, 2006 - 2011
• Visiting Researcher, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), University of Tokyo, Summer '08,'09,'10,'12
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CASS), UC San Diego, 2004- 2006
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Astronomy, Harvard University, 2001-2004
• Research Assistant, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1999-2001
• Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, Princeton University, 1998-2000
• Research Assistant, Physics Department, Princeton University, 1996-1998
  Participated in the Borexino experiment (neutrino detector project in Italy)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Galaxy formation/evolution, Large-scale structure of the Universe
• Cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of galaxy formation
• Cosmic formation history of stars and supermassive black holes
• Effects of supernova/AGN feedback on galaxy formation & IGM
• Radiative Transfer, Reionization of the Universe
• Lyman-break galaxies & Lyman-alpha emitters at high redshift
• Damped Lyman-alpha absorbers & Lyman-alpha forest
• Future evolution of the large-scale structure and IGM
• Galaxy/Dark matter halo dynamics (e.g. cosmic Mach Number, Local Group)

AWARDS & RESEARCH GRANTS:

• NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory Cycle 14, Theory grant, "Discriminating different AGN feedback models with multi-scale hydrodynamic simulations" (PI, 2013-2015, $67,631)
• UNLV College of Science Distinguished Researcher Award for 2011 (received in Mar 2012)
• NASA Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 18, Theory grant, "Physical Properties of High-Redshift WFC3 Galaxies" (PI, 09/01/2010-08/31/2011, $44,998)
• NSF OCI, "Peta-scale Cosmology: galaxy formation and virtual astronomy" (PI, 04/15/2009-03/31/2012, $40,000)
• NSF AST, "Understanding gamma-ray burst emission physics with multiwavelength data" (PI: B. Zhang, Co-I: Nagamine, 2009-2012, $339,621)
• NSF AST, "Black Hole Feedback and Galaxy Formation" (PI, 08/15/2008-07/31/2011, $449,317)
• NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, Theory grant, "Infrared Properties of High-z Galaxies" (PI, 07/16/2008-06/30/2010, $50,000)
• NASA EPSCoR, "Nevada Astrophysics" (Co-I, 01/01/2008-12/31/2010, $500,001 for 7 UNLV faculty)
• NASA ATFP, "Formation and Evolution of Galaxies" (Co-I, 07/01/2008-06/31/2011, $0 for UNLV)
• President's Infrastructure Award, UNLV (Co-I, 2007, ~$70,000 for UNLV Astronomy Group)
• NSF TeraGrid/XSEDE supercomputing time allocation, 2007-Present
• New Investigator Award, UNLV, "Implementing Learner-Centered Strategies in Introductory Astronomy Courses: A Case Study of a New Professor" (Co-I, 04/01/2007-03/31/2009, $14,324)
• University Faculty Travel Award, UNLV (F06, F09, F10, S12)
• Bowen Fellowship, Physics Department, Princeton University, 1996-1998
• Multi-year Ambassadorial Fellowship, Rotary Foundation, 1996-1998
• Japan Ikuei-kai Fellowship, 1996-1998

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES/ACTIVITIES:

• Referee of professional articles for
  • Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) and ApJ Letter
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)
  • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP)
• Proposal peer review panels:
  • National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Astronomical Sciences (S06, S13)
  • NSF, Division of Cyberinfrastructure (F08, S09, F09, S10, F10)
  • NASA, Hubble Space Telescope, Cycle 19 (S11)
  • Subaru Telescope (F07, S08, S12)
• Reviewer of
  • Research grant proposals to Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) (Fall '12)
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), NASA Postdoctoral Program proposals (Fall '12)
  • Book proposal for Cambridge University Press (Spring '09)
  • Ph.D. thesis at other universities (Fall '08)
  • Undergraduate astronomy textbook (Spring '08; Fall '12)
  • Mini-grant at IGPP/LANL (S07, S08)
  • Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium Scholarship (Fall '06)
  • NSF EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Nevada (Fall '06)
• UNLV College of Science, Research Council Committee (Fall 2011)
• Participant of the Aspen Center for Physics workshops: S02, W04, W06, W08, S10, S12
• Member of the science working group for the next generation instrument on Subaru Telescope (Fall '06)
• Member of the science working group (high-z galaxies) for the HSC survey on Subaru Telescope (2012)
• Organizer of local seminars:
  • CASS Journal Club (2005-2006)
  • CfA Theory Group Seminar (2001-2004)
  • Joint Cosmology Seminar of MIT/Tufts/Harvard (2002-2004)
• Member of
  • American Astronomical Society (1998-current)
  • Astronomical Society of Japan (2001-current)
  • American Physical Society (1996-2000)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE & TRAINING:

• Instructor of
  • AST103, Solar System (S09 [1], F09[1])
  • AST104, Stars & Galaxies (F06 [1], S07 [1], F07 [2], F08 [2], S11 [2], S12 [2], S13 [2])
  • PHY491, Independent Study (Fall 2011)
  • PHY493, Undergraduate Research and Special Problems in Physics (S08, F12)
  • PHY714, Astrophysics II: Radiative Processes (S10, F11)
  • PHY727, Cosmology (S08, F10, F12)
  • PHY777, Advanced Special Problems (Spring 2007)
• Attended the Teaching Excellence Workshop to acquire the "Learner-Centered Teaching" method. This workshop was organized by the Center for Astronomy Education, and was held in conjunction with the 210th AAS meeting (May 2007). Implemented the learner centered teaching method in AST104 course thereafter. Also attended the Tier II workshop in 2010.
• Attended following workshops at the Teaching & Learning Center at UNLV:
  • Course Development & Re-Development
  • Vista Fundamentals
  • Assignments
  • Teaching/Faculty Portfolio
  • Teaching Large Classes
  • Time Maganement for Faculty (above: 2006)
  • Publish & Flourish
  • Teaching & Mentoring Graduate Students (above: 2007)
  • SMart board (2008)
• Teaching assistant for PHY 102, Princeton University, 1998-2000
  Helped lab experiments, held problem sessions. Also managed the ``Learn-by-teaching'' program sponsored by the McGraw Hill Center at PU.
• Instructor at preparatory schools for high school students (math, physics) (1992-1996)

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• NSF TeraGrid supercomputing time allocation: MRAC ('07-'08), TRAC ('09-'11, ~1.5M SUs), XRAC ('12-current) ~0.7M SUs
• Programming Languages:   C, Fortran, Perl, Python, IDL, Mathematica, etc.
• Operating Systems: Unix, MacOS X, Windows
• Parallel Computing: MPI, OpenMP
• Graphics/Visualization: SM, IDL, VisIt, etc.
• Have substantial experience with the analyses of large-scale cosmological hydrodynamic simulations using different numerical techniques (Eulerian mesh, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, & Adaptive Mesh Refinement).
• Completed the Summer Computing Institute (on ``Extreme IO'') at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, July 25-29, 2005

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Molecular hydrogen regulated star formation in cosmological SPH simulations
   Thompson, R., Nagamine, K., Jaacks, J., & Choi, J.-H. 2013, MNRAS, submitted [arXiv]
    
2. Impact of H₂-based star formation model on the z>=6 luminosity function and the ionizing photon budget for reionization
   Jaacks, J., Thompson, R., Nagamine, K. 2013, ApJ, 766, 94 [ADS  arXiv]
    
3. Effect of radiative transfer on damped Lyman-alpha and Lyman limit systems in cosmological SPH simulations
   Yajima, H., Choi, J.-H., & Nagamine, K.  2012, MNRAS, 427, 2889 [ADS  arXiv]
    
4. Duty Cycle and the Increasing Star Formation History of z>=6 Galaxies
   Jaacks, J., Nagamine, K., Choi, J.-H. 2012, MNRAS, 427, 403 [ADS  arXiv]
    
5. Multiphase, non-spherical gas accretion onto a black hole
   Barai, P., Proga, D., & Nagamine, K.  2012, MNRAS, 424, 728 [ADS  arXiv]
    
6. Pairwise Velocities of Dark Matter Halos: a Test for the Lambda Cold Dark Matter Model using the Bullet Cluster
   Thompson, R. & Nagamine, K.  2012, MNRAS, 419, 3560 [ADS  arXiv]
    
7. Steep Faint-end Slopes of Galaxy Mass and Luminosity Functions at z>=6 in Cosmological SPH Simulations
   Jaacks, J., Choi, J.-H. & Nagamine, K.  2012, MNRAS, 420, 1606 [ADS  arXiv]
    
8. On the inconsistencies between the estimates of cosmic star formation rate and stellar mass density of high redshift galaxies
   Choi, J.-H. & Nagamine, K.  2012, MNRAS, 419, 1280 [ADS  arXiv]
    
9. SPH Simulations of Black Hole Accretion: a step to model black hole feedback in galaxies
   Barai, P., Proga, D. & Nagamine, K.  2011, MNRAS, 418, 591 [ADS  arXiv]
    
10. Gamma-ray burst rate: high-redshift excess and its possible origins
    Virgili, F., Zhang, B., Nagamine, K., & Choi, J.-H.  2011, MNRAS, 417, 3025 [ADS  arXiv]
     
11. Escape fraction of ionizing photons from high-redshift galaxies in cosmological SPH simulations
    Yajima, H., Choi, J.-H., & Nagamine, K.  2011, MNRAS, 412, 411 [ADS  arXiv]
     
12. Cross-Correlation between DLAs and LBGs in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Lee, T. S., Nagamine, K., Hernquist, L., & Springel, V.  2011, MNRAS, 411, 54 [ADS  arXiv]
     
13. Multicomponent and Variable Velocity Galactic Outflow in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Choi, J.-H. & Nagamine, K.  2011, MNRAS, 410, 2579 [ADS  arXiv]
     
14. Luminosity distribution of GRB host galaxies at z=1 in cosmological SPH simulations: Implications for the metallicity dependence of GRBs
    Niino, Y., Kobayashi, M. R., Choi, J.-H., Nagamine, K., Totani, T., Zhang, B.  2011, ApJ, 726, 88 [ADS  arXiv]
     
15. Effects of UV background and local stellar radiation on the H_I column density distribution
    Nagamine, K., Choi, J.-H., Yajima, H.  2010, ApJL, 725, L219-L222 [ADS  arXiv]
     
16. Lyman-alpha Emitters and Lyman-break Galaxies at z=3-6 in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Ouchi, M., Springel, V., & Hernquist, L.  2010, PASJ, 62, 1455 [ADS  arXiv]
     
17. Effects of Cosmological Parameters and Star Formation Models on the Cosmic Star Formation History in LambdaCDM Cosmological Simulations
    Choi, J.-H. & Nagamine, K.  2010, MNRAS, 407, 1464 [ADS  arXiv]
     
18. Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K. 2009, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, pp.1-6 [ADS  arXiv   PDF]


19. On the Feedback Efficiencies of Active Galactic Nuclei
    Kurosawa, R., Proga, D., Nagamine, K. 2009, ApJ, 707, 823 [ADS   arXiv]


20. Effects of metal enrichment and metal cooling in galaxy growth and cosmic star formation history
    Choi, J.-H. & Nagamine, K.  2009, MNRAS, 393, 1595 [ADS arXiv]
     
21. Incidence Rate of GRB-host-DLAs at High Redshift
    Nagamine, K., Zhang, B., & Hernquist, L.  2008, ApJL, 686, L57 [ADS arXiv]
     
22. Topology of Structure in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Model Testing
    Gott, J. R. et al. Nagamine, K.  2008, ApJ, 675, 16 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
23. Distribution of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers in a Lambda Cold Dark Matter Universe
    Nagamine, K., Wolfe, A. M., Hernquist, L., & Springel, V.  2007, ApJ, 660, 945 [ADS astro-ph]
     
24. The History of Cosmological Star Formation: Three Independent Approaches and a Critical Test Using the Extragalactic Background Light
    Nagamine, K., Ostriker, J. P., Fukugita, M., & Cen, R. 2006, ApJ, 653, 881 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
25. Detectability of [C_II] 158 micron emission from high-redshift galaxies: predictions for ALMA & SPICA
    Nagamine, K., Wolfe, A. M., & Hernquist, L.   2006, ApJ, 647, 60 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
26. Lyman Break Galaxies at z=4-6 in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Night, C., Nagamine, K., Springel, V., & Hernquist, L.  2006, MNRAS, 366, 705 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
27. Quantitative Signatures of Galactic Superwinds on Ly-alpha clouds and Metal-line Systems
    Cen, R., Nagamine, K., & Ostriker, J. P.  2005, ApJ, 635, 86  [ADS  astro-ph]
     
28. Comparing AMR and SPH Cosmological Simulations: I. Dark Matter & Adiabatic Simulations
    O'Shea, B. W. Nagamine, K., Springel, V., Hernquist, L., & Norman, M.   2005, ApJS, 160, 1 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
29. Massive Galaxies & EROs at z=1-3 in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations: Near-IR Properties
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Hernquist, L., Ostriker, J. P., & Springel, V.  2005, ApJ, 627, 608 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
30. Massive Galaxies in Cosmological Simulations: UV-selected sample at z=2
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Hernquist, L., Ostriker, J. P., & Springel, V.  2005, ApJ, 618, 23 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
31. Is There a Missing Galaxy Problem at High Redshift?
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Hernquist, L., Ostriker, J. P., & Springel, V.  2004, ApJ, 610, 45 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
32. Photometric Properties of Lyman-break Galaxies at z=3 in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Springel, V., Hernquist, L., & Machacek, M.  2004, MNRAS, 350, 385 [ADS   astro-ph  Erratum]
     
33. Star Formation Rate and Metallicity of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Springel, V., & Hernquist, L.  2004, MNRAS, 348, 435 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
34. Abundance of Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Springel, V., & Hernquist, L.  2004, MNRAS, 348, 421 [ADS  astro-ph]
     
35. Future Evolution of Intergalactic Medium in a Universe Dominated by a Cosmological Constant
    Nagamine, K. & Loeb, A.   2004, New Astronomy, 9, 573 [ADS   astro-ph]
     
36. Probability Distribution Function of Light in the Universe: Results from Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Ostriker, J. P., Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Fukugita, M.   2003, ApJ, 597, 1 [ADS   astro-ph]
     
37. Future Evolution of Nearby Large-Scale Structure in a Universe Dominated by a Cosmological Constant
    Nagamine, K. & A. Loeb  2003, New Astronomy, 8, 439    [ADS   astro-ph]
     
38. Lyman Break Galaxies: their Progenitors and Descendants
    Nagamine, K.   2002, ApJ, 564, 73   [ADS   astro-ph]
     
39. Evolution of the Luminosity Function and Colors of Galaxies in a Lambda-CDM Universe
    Nagamine, K., Fukugita, M., Cen, R., & Ostriker, J. P.   2001, MNRAS, 327, L10  [ADS   astro-ph]
     
40. Star Formation History and Stellar Metallicity Distribution in a Lambda-CDM Universe
    Nagamine, K., Fukugita, M., Cen, R., & Ostriker, J. P.   2001, ApJ, 558, 497   [ADS   astro-ph]
     
41. Cosmic Mach Number as a Function of Overdensity and Galaxy Age
    Nagamine, K., Ostriker, J. P., & Cen, R.  2001, ApJ, 553, 513    [ADS   astro-ph]
     
42. Luminosity Density of Galaxies and Cosmic Star Formation Rate from Lambda CDM Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., & Ostriker, J. P.  2000, ApJ, 542, 25    [ADS   astro-ph]

REVIEW ARTICLES:

1. Imaging the cool gas, dust, star formation, and AGN in the first galaxies
   Carilli, C., et al. 2009, White paper submitted to the Astro 2010 Decadal Survey [ADS  arXiv]


2. DLAs and Galaxy Formation
   Nagamine, K., Invited brief review, Mod. Phys. Lett. A, Vol. 22, No. 32 (2007) pp. 2413-2427 [arXiv]


3. Tracing early structure formation by massive starburst galaxies and their implication on reionization
   Nagamine, K., et al. 2006, New Astronomy Reviews, 50, 29   [ADS]


4. DLAs and Galaxy Formation
   Nagamine, K. 2006, The Astronomical Herald, Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.99, No.6, p.311 [ADS]

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & PRESENTATIONS:

1. A Cold Channel for Black Hole Accretion in Cosmological Simulations
   Kashi, A., Nagamine, K., Proga, D., Ostriker, J., Aug 2012, High-resolution Galaxy Simulation Comparison Project, 1st Workshop, Santa Cruz, CA (talk)


2. A Cold Channel for Black Hole Accretion in Cosmological Simulations
   Kashi, A., Nagamine, K., Proga, D., Ostriker, J. P., 30 July - 3 Aug 2012, Black Hole Feedback, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (poster)


3. Weak Scaling Results from the GADGET-3 Cosmological Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulations and HECA
   Nagamine, K., Oser, L., Ostriker, J., Gajbe, M., Gryan, G., Cen, R., & Naab, T., July 2012, XSEDE12 conference, Chicago, IL (poster)


4. Alleviating the scaling problem of cosmological hydrodynamic simulations with HECA
   Oser, L., Nagamine, K., Ostriker, J., Gajbe, M., Gryan, G., Cen, R., & Naab, T., July 2012, Extreme Scaling workshop, Chicago, IL (Talk)


5. High-z Galaxy Formation, Reionization of the Universe, and the Impact of H2-based Star Formation Model
   Nagamine, K., Jaacks, J., & Thompson, R., May 2012, FIRST STARS IV - FROM HAYASHI TO THE FUTURE -. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1480, pp. 394-396 (2012) (poster) [ADS]


6. Steep Faint-end Slopes of Galaxy Mass and Luminosity Functions at z>=6 in Cosmological SPH Simulations and the Implications for Reionization
   Jaacks, J., Choi, J.-H., Nagamine, K., Jan 2012, American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #340.03 (poster) [ADS]


7. Gas Accretion onto a Supermassive Black Hole: a step to model AGN feedback
   Nagamine, K., Barai, P., Proga, D., Oct 2011, AGN Winds in Charleston, SC, USA (Talk) [arXiv]


8. Physical Properties of High-z Galaxies at z>6 in Cosmological Simulations
   Nagamine, K., July 2011, New Horizons for High Redshifts, IoA, Cambridge, UK (poster)


9. Properties of z>6 Galaxies in Cosmological SPH Simulations
   Jaacks, J., Nagamine, K., et al. July 2011, Galaxy Formation, Durham, UK (poster)


10. Galaxy Counterparts to DLAs in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K., July 2011, A Quarter Century of DLAs: Celebrating the Career of Arthur Wolfe, Ringberg, Germany (Invited talk)


11. High Redshift Galaxies in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K., July 2011, The First Galaxies Workshop, Ringberg, Germany (Invited talk)


12. Basic Properties of Infrared Galaxies in Cosmological Simulation
    Lee, T.-S., Choi, J.-H., Nagamine, K., Jan 2011, AAS Meeting #217, #421.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43 (poster) [ADS]


13. Effects of UV Background and Local Stellar Radiation on HI Column Density Distribution
    Nagamine, K., Choi, J.-H., Yajima, H., Jan 2011, AAS Meeting #217, #345.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43 (poster) [ADS]


14. Duty Cycle and the Exponentially Increasing History of Star Formation of z>=6 Galaxies
    Jaacks, J., Nagamine, K., Choi, J.-H., Jan 2011, AAS Meeting #217, #335.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43 (poster) [ADS]


15. SPH Simulations of Spherical Bondi Accretion: First Step of Implementing AGN Feedback in Galaxy Formation
    Barai, P., Proga, D., Nagamine, K., Jan 2011, AAS Meeting #217, #142.48; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43 (poster) [ADS]


16. Constraining Feedback Models through Cosmological Chemical Enrichment
    Nagamine, K., July 2010, IDEAS (IPMU Day of Extragalactic Astrophysics Seminars) on Chemical Evolution, IPMU, Japan (talk)


17. Physical Properties of z>6 Galaxies in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K., June, 2010, Oort Workshop, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands (talk)


18. Galaxy Formation with Cosmological Simulations
    Nagamine, K., June, 2010, IPMU Cluster Conference, Japan (poster)


19. Metallicity of GRB progenitors: connection between star formation and GRB production
    Niino, Y., Choi, J.-H., Kobayashi, M. A. R., Nagamine, K., Totani, T., Zhang, B., The 10th International Symposium on Origins of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1267, pp. 345-347 (talk)


20. Large-scale Outflows from AGN: a link between central black holes and galaxies
    Proga, D., Kurosawa, R., & Nagamine, K. (2010), Proceedings of IAU Symposium 267 "Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies", Volume 267, p.354-361 [ADS]


21. Effects of Star Formation Model on the Cosmic Star Formation History
    Choi, J.-H. & Nagamine, K. (2010), American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #376.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.584 (Talk) [ADS]


22. Galaxy Formation with Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Dec 2009, ESF Research Conferences, "The Origin of Galaxies: Lessons from the Distant Universe", Otz Valley, Austria (Invited review talk)


23. Infrared Galaxy Number Counts and Luminosity Functions in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K. & Lee, T. S. (2009), Spitzer's Growing Legacy, Pasadena, CA (Poster) -- Conference Proceedings [arXiv:1007.2018]


24. Theoretical Modeling of LAEs in the Cosmological Simulations and Semianalytic Models of Galaxy Formation
    Nagamine, K. (2009), The Lyman Alpha Universe, IAP, Paris, France (Invited review talk)


25. Star Formation in Cosmological Simulations
    Choi, J. H. & Nagamine, K. (2009), SFR@50: Filling the Cosmos with Stars, Spineto, Italy (Talk)


26. Infrared Galaxy Number Counts and Luminosity Functions in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Lee, T. S. & Nagamine, K. (2009), American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #214, #416.07 (Poster) [ADS]


27. Velocity Distribution of Dark Matter Halos in a Lambda Cold Dark Matter Universe
    Thompson, R. & Nagamine, K. (2009), American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #479.04 (Poster) [ADS]


28. Infrared SEDs of High-z Galaxies in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Lee, T. S. & Nagamine, K. (2009), American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #423.05 (Poster) [ADS]


29. Effect of the Feedback on the Galaxy Formation
    Choi, J.-H. & Nagamine, K. (2009), American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #344.02 (Talk) [ADS]


30. Galaxy Formation Simulations: Successes and Failures
    Nagamine, K. (2008), NOVICOSMO 2008, The Impact of Simulations in Cosmology and Galaxy Formation, SISSA, Trieste, Italy (Invited review talk)


31. Theoretical Modelling of LAEs in the Cosmological Context of LCDM Model
    Nagamine, K. (2008), Understanding Lyman-alpha Emitters, MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany (Invited review talk)


32. Incidence Rate of GRB-HOST-DLAs at High Redshift
    Nagamine, K., Zhang, B., & Hernquist, L. (2008), 2008 NANJING GAMMA-RAY BURST CONFERENCE. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1065, pp. 355-360 (2008). (Invited talk) [ADS]


33. LAEs and LBGs at z=3-6 in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Nagamine, K. (2008), Aspen Center for Physics, Winter Workshop on ``"The First Two Billion Years of Galaxy Formation: The Reionization Epoch and Beyond", Aspen, CO, U.S.A. (Talk)


34. Galaxy Formation Simulations & Ly-alpha galaxies
    Nagamine, K., May 2007, Topical Session "Lyman Alpha Galaxies" at the 210th AAS meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii (Invited talk) [ADS]


35. Cross Correlation between Ly-break Galaxies and Damped Ly-alpha Systems in Cosmological SPH Simulations
    Lee, T. S. & Nagamine, K., American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #55.03; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.826 (Poster) [ADS]


36. Star Formation in Cosmological Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Dec 2006, ``Kennicutt-Schmidt Law" workshop, UC San Diego (Talk)


37. Cosmological Evolution of Stellar Mass and Star Formation Rate in a LCDM Universe
    Nagamine, K., Mar 2006, ``Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' Conference on ``Galaxies and Structures through Cosmic Times'', Venice, Italy (Invited Talk)


38. Cosmological Evolution of Stellar Mass and Star Formation Rate in a LCDM Universe
    Nagamine, K., Mar 2006, XXVIth Astrophysics Moriond Meeting on ``From Dark Halos to Light" , Aosta Valley, Italy (Invited Talk)


39. Galaxy Formation and Damped Lyman-alpha Systems
    Nagamine, K., Jan 2006, Aspen Center for Physics, Winter Workshop on ``Cosmological Probes of Baryons and Dark Matter", Aspen, CO, U.S.A. (Talk)


40. Distribution of Damped Lyman-alpha Systems in a Lambda Cold Dark Matter Universe
    Nagamine, K., Wolfe, A. M., Hernquist, L., & Springel, V., Oct 2005, 5th Annual Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California (TASC) Meeting, 2005, Caltech, U.S.A. (Talk)


41. On the detectability of [C_II] 158 micron emission from high-redshift DLA galaxies: predictions for ALMA
    Nagamine, K., Wolfe, A. M., Hernquist, L., & Springel, V., Oct 2005, Workshop in Galactic and Extragalactic ISM Modelling in an ALMA Perspective, Onsala, Sweden (Talk)


42. Simulating C_II 158 micron emission from high-redshift DLA galaxies: predictions for SMA & ALMA
    Nagamine, K., Wolfe, A. M., Hernquist, L., & Springel, V., Jun 2005, Submillimeter Astronomy in the era of SMA, Harvard University (Poster)


43. Tracing early structure formation by massive starburst galaxies and their implication on reionization
    Nagamine, K., et al. May 2005, First Light and Reionization Workshop, UC Irvine (Talk). Published as 2006, New Astronomy Reviews, 50, 29   [ADS]


44. Massive Galaxies & EROs at z=1-3 in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Hernquist, L., Ostriker, J. P., & Springel, V., Jan 2005, 205th American Astronomical Society meeting, San Diego (Talk) [ADS]


45. Simulated Observations of Lyman Break Galaxies at z=3-6
    C. Night, Nagamine, K., Hernquist, L., & Springel, V., Jan 2005, 205th American Astronomical Society meeting, San Diego (poster) [ADS]


46. Massive Galaxies at z=1-3 in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Hernquist, L., Ostriker, J. P., & Springel, V., 2004, Massive Galaxy Workshop at STScI, Baltimore (Invited Talk)


47. Massive Galaxies at z=2 in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K., et al. 2004, 4th Annual Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California (TASC04) meeting (Talk)


48. Massive Galaxies at z=2 in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Hernquist, L., Ostriker, J. P., & Springel, V., 2004, Proceedings of the Starburst conference at IoA Cambridge, UK (Talk) [ADS  astro-ph]


49. Detecting Missing Galaxies at High Redshift with ALMA
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., Hernquist, L., Ostriker, J. P., & Springel, V., 2004, ALMA Science Workshop, Maryland, U.S.A. (poster)


50. Light PDF and Nonlinear Bias
    Nagamine, K., Jan 2004, Aspen Center for Physics, Winter Workshop on ``The Large-scale Distribution of Mass & Light in the Universe'', Aspen, CO, U.S.A.


51. Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers in Cosmological SPH Simulations: the ``metallicity problem''
    Nagamine, K., Springel, V., & Hernquist, L., 2003, "Maps of the Cosmos", Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 216, IAU General Assembly XXV in Sydney, Australia, 14-17 July, 2003. Edited by M. Colless, L. Staveley-Smith & R. Stathakis. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005., p.266 (Talk)  [ADS  astro-ph]


52. Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations of Galaxy Formation
    Nagamine, K., Aug 2002, Aspen Center for Physics, Summer Conference on Galaxy Formation


53. Generic predictions of Lambda CDM hydrodynamical simulations on galaxy formation and evolution
    Nagamine, K., 2001, 197th American Astronomical Society meeting, San Diego, CA, U.S.A. (Dissertation Talk)  [ADS]


54. Evolution of Galaxy Luminosity Function in a Lambda CDM Comological Hydro-Simulation
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., & Ostriker, J. P., 2000, Victoria Computational Cosmology Conference, University of Victoria, Canada (Talk)


55. Cosmic Mach Number from Large-scale Hydrodynamical Simulatoins
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R., & Ostriker, J. P., 2000, 195th American Astronomical Society meeting, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. (Poster)  [ADS]
    
    
56. Dependence of Star Formation Rate on Overdensity
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R. & Ostriker, J. P., 2001, Proceedings of the 4th RESCEU International Symposium, "The Birth and Evolution of the Universe" (Tokyo, Japan, Nov 1999), p.383  [astro-ph]


57. Luminosity Density of Galaxies and Cosmic Star Formation Rate from LCDM Hydrodynamic Simulations
    Nagamine, K., Cen, R. & Ostriker, J. P., 1999, NATO ASI Summer School: Structure Formation in the Universe (poster)

EDUCATION RELATED:

1. Experiencing conceptual change about teaching: A case study from astronomy
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K., 2012, American Journal of Physics, Volume 80, Issue 6, pp. 542 [ADS]


2. Results from a case study investigation on the adoption of learner-centered strategies in introductory astronomy
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2009), European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction Annual Meeting, 28 August (Poster)


3. Using learner-centered strategies to improve student understanding about stars
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2009). Joint Convention of the 2009 Winter Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL, 14 February. Poster.


4. Using learner-centered strategies to improve student understanding about stars
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2009). 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, #213, #430.02, Long Beach, CA, 5 January. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.262 (Poster) [ADS]


5. What changes when shifting to learner-centered strategies in introductory astronomy?
   Nagamine, K. & Bailey, J. M. (2009). 213th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, #213, #462.07, Long Beach, CA, 5 January. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p. 263 (Poster) [ADS]


6. What changes when shifting to learner-centered strategies in introductory astronomy?
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2008). Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 22 July (Poster)


7. Focusing on learning: One astronomy professor's adoption of learner-centered strategies
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2008). Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 21 July (Talk)


8. Results from a case study investigation on the adoption of learner-centered strategies in introductory astronomy
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2008). Joint Convention of the 212th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society and the 2008 Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, St. Louis, MO, 5 June. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 40(2), 272-273 (Talk) [ADS]

COLLOQUIUMS / SEMINARS:

1. Jul 2012, Osaka Univ., Osaka, Japan
2. Jul 2012, Kumamoto Univ., Kumamoto, Japan
3. Jul 2012, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
4. Jun 2012, Kavli IPMU, Kashiwa, Japan
5. Oct 2010, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN, U.S.A.
6. Jul 2010, IPMU, Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
7. Mar 2010, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, U.S.A.
8. Feb 2010, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS, U.S.A.
9. Aug 2009, Tsukuba Univ., Tsukuba, Japan
10. Jul 2009, IPMU, Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
11. Jun 2009, Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
12. Feb 2009, Dept. of Astronomy, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
13. Aug 2008, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
14. Jul 2008, IPMU, Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
15. Mar 2008, Arizona State Univ., Arizona
16. Jul 2007, ISAS/JAXA, Sagamihara, Japan
17. Jul 2007, Tsukuba Univ., Tsukuba, Japan
18. Jul 2007, Physics Dept., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
19. Jul 2007, Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
20. Jun 2007, ICRR, Kashiwa, Japan
21. Jun 2007, Optical/IR group, NAOJ, Japan
22. Jun 2007, Theory group, NAOJ, Japan
23. Jun 2007, Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
24. Apr 2006, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton Univ., NJ, U.S.A.
25. Apr 2006, UC Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
26. Apr 2006, Physics Dept., Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
27. Mar 2006, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste, Italy
28. Mar 2006, SISSA, Trieste, Italy
29. Feb 2006, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, U.S.A.
30. Feb 2006, Astronomy Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
31. Apr 2005, Carnegie Observatories, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
32. Mar 2005, Physics Dept., Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
33. Mar 2005, Physics Dept., Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, AL, U.S.A.
34. Feb 2005, Physics Dept., UC Irvine, CA, U.S.A.
35. Feb 2005, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
36. Jan 2005, CASS, UC San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
37. Jan 2005, Calfornia Institute for Technology, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
38. Jan 2005, Dept. of Astronomy, Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, U.S.A.
39. Nov 2004, KITP, IGM Workshop, UC Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
40. Oct 2004, CASS, UC San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
41. Oct 2004, Center for Astrophysics, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
42. Apr 2003, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
43. Mar 2003, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany
44. Mar 2003, Institute of Astronomy, Univ. of Cambridge, UK
45. Jan 2003, Theoretical Astrophysics Group, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
46. Oct 2002, CASS, UC San Diego, U.S.A.
47. Sep 2001, Astronomy Department, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
48. Apr 2001, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, NY, U.S.A.
49. Feb 2001, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
50. 2000, Physics Department, Gravity Group, Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.

MEDIA COVERAGE:

1. UNLV Rebel Yell article, "National Science Foundation grant has researcher seeing stars", by Victoria Gonzalez, Oct 12, 2009


2. Las Vegas Review Journal (a local newspaper) article, "Astronomer puzzles over universe", by Richard Lake, Oct 5, 2009


3. UNLV INNOVATION Magazine, "The Best and the Brightest, by Gian Galassi, Fall 2009, p.20 (featured the UNLV astronomy group)


4. Work described in the Scientific American cover article, ``The End of Cosmology?'', by L. Krauss & R. Sherrer, March 2008


5. Comment quoted in the Nature `research highlights': "Universe spawned stars at a young age", article by Andreas von Bubnoff, April 2005.


6. "Holes in space are not empty", Nov 3, 2003, Nature, Science Update, article by Phillip Ball


7. "Will dark energy steal all the stars?", Mar 2003, Astronomy, p.42, article by Steve Nadis


8. ``Lonely Universe'', Aug 2002, Science News, Vol.162, No.9, p.139, article by Ron Cowen