Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Parkway
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:

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UNLV, 2006 - Present
• Visiting Researcher, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), University of Tokyo, Summer 2008
• Postdoctoral Fellow, CASS, UC San Diego, 2004- 2006
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Theory group, 2001-2004
• Research Assistant, Princeton University Observatory, 1999-2001
• Teaching Assistant, Princeton University, Physics Department, 1998-2000
• Research Assistant, Princeton University, Physics Department, 1996-1998
  Participated in the Borexino experiment (neutrino detector project in Italy)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Galaxy formation/evolution, Large-scale structure of the Universe
• Numerical simulations of galaxy formation with hydrodynamics
• Cosmic star formation history & stellar mass density
• Damped Lyman-alpha absorbers & Lyman-alpha forest
• Black hole formation and evolution over cosmic time
• Effects of supernova/AGN feedback on galaxy formation & IGM
• Faint-end of the luminosity function
• Lyman-break galaxies & Lyman-alpha emitters at z>=3
• Reionization of the Universe
• Chemical enrichment of the intergalactic medium
• Future evolution of the large-scale structure and IGM
• Galaxy dynamics (e.g. Cosmic Mach Number, Local Group)

AWARDS & RESEARCH GRANTS:

• NSF AST, "Black Hole Feedback and Galaxy Formation" (PI, 08/15/2008-07/31/11, $449,317)
• Theory grant of Spitzer Space Telescope, "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 supercomputing time allocation, MRAC (2007)
• 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 (Fall 2006)
• Bowen Fellowship, Physics Department, Princeton University, 1996-1998
• Multi-year Ambassadorial Fellowship, Rotary Foundation, 1996-1998
• Japan Ikuei-kai Fellowship, 1996-1998

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

• 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)
• Reviewer of
  • Observing proposals for the Subaru Telescope (F07, S08)
  • Mini-grant at IGPP/LANL (S07, S08)
  • Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium Scholarship (Fall 2006)
  • NSF EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Nevada (Fall 2006)
  • Undergraduate astronomy textbook (Spring 2008)
• Proposal peer review panel, National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Astronomical Sciences (Spring '06), Cyberinfrastructure (Fall '08)
• Member of the Science Working Group for the next generation instrument on Subaru Telescope (Fall '06)
• External reviewer of thesis at other universities (Fall '08)
• Organizer of
  • 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
  • PHY727, Cosmology (Spring 2008)
  • PHY493, Undergraduate Research and Special Problems in Physics (Spring 2008)
  • PHY777, Advanced Special Problems (Spring 2007)
  • AST104, Stars & Galaxies (F06 [1], S07 [1], F07 [2], F08 [2])
• 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.
• 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:

• Programming Languages:   C, Fortran, Perl, IDL, Mathematica, Maple
• Operating Systems: Unix (Solaris, Linux), MacOS X, Windows
• Parallel Computing: MPI
• Graphics/Visualization: SM, IDL, Tgif, Xfig, XV, GIMP
• 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
• Regular user of San Diego Supercomputer Center
• NSF TeraGrid supercomputing time allocation: MRAC ('07 - '08)

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

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

REVIEW ARTICLES:

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


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


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

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & PRESENTATIONS:

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


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


3. Incidence Rate of GRB-HOST-DLAs at High Redshift
   K. Nagamine, Jun 2008, Nanjing GRB Conference, Nanjing, China (Invited talk)


4. LAEs and LBGs at z=3-6 in Cosmological SPH Simulations
   K. Nagamine, Feb 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)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


20. Damped Lyman-alpha Absorbers in Cosmological SPH Simulations: the ``metallicity problem''
    K. Nagamine, V. Springel, & L. Hernquist, 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]


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


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


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


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


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

EDUCATION RELATED:

1. "Focusing on learning": One astronomy professor's adoption of learner-centered strategies
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2008), submitted to 2009 Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July.


2. What changes when shifting to learner-centered strategies in introductory astronomy?
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2008), submitted to 2009 Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July (poster)


3. Results from a case study investigation on the adoption of learner-centered strategies in introductory astronomy
   Bailey, J. M., & Nagamine, K. (2008), accepted for 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 [ADS]

COLLOQUIUMS / SEMINARS:

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

MEDIA COVERAGE:

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


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


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


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


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