KENTARO NAGAMINE Assistant Professor Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Nevada, Las Vegas I am an astrophysicist studying the Universe. How and why is the Universe expanding? When and how did galaxies form? Why do they exhibit large-scale structure? Why do they have different colors and morphologies? How do black holes affect galaxy formation? What is the history of cosmic star formation in our Universe? These are the questions that I'm trying to answer. In practice, I use supercomputers to simulate the evolution of universe and the matter therein using the laws of gravity and hydrodynamics. This relatively new field of study is called "Computational Cosmology". UNLV Astrophysics Group Feature article of our group in the INNOVATION Magazine

• NSF review panel (Nov 2-4, 2009)
• Spitzer's Legacy Conference (Oct 26-28, 2009)
• Passed the 4th dan promotion test in Kendo (10/25/09)
• Submitted a new paper on SF models: arXiv:0909.5425 (09/29/09)
• Seminars at Kyoto Univ., IPMU, Tsukuba Univ. in Japan (Jun-Aug 2009)
• Invited review talk at XXVth IAP Annual Colloquium, The Lyman Alpha Universe in Paris, France (Jul 6-10, '09)
• Conference on Accretion and Ejection in AGN: a gobal view in Como, Italy (Jun 22-26, '09)
• Visiting IPMU (6/15 - 8/10/09)
• Workshop on "Chemical Enrichment of the Intergalactic Medium" at Lorentz Center, Leiden (May 25-29, '09)
• Submitted a review paper on Star Formation History of Dwarf Galaxies in Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations (05/11/09)
• Workshop on "Observational Signatures of Black Hole Mergers" at STScI, Baltimore (3/30-4/1/09)
• Received a 3-yr NSF OCI grant, "Peta-scale Cosmology: galaxy formation and virtual astronomy" (Mar '09)
• Colloquium at Yale astronomy (2/12/09)
• Submitted a paper on Cross-Correlation between DLAs and LBGs in Cosmological SPH Simulations (12/12/08)
• NSF review panel (Dec 1-5, '08)
• University Forum lecture at UNLV (Nov 20, '08)
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