Education
University of Nevada Las Vegas
BS Physics 12/18/12
Concentration: Computational Phyiscs
GPA: 3.81
Awards/Scholarships
Friendship Re-Entry Scholarship 2010
Renee & Martin Paluga Scholarship 2010
NASA EPSCoR Nevada Space Grant Undergraduate Scholarship 2010-11,2011-12
College of Science Dean’s Honor List 2009-10, 2011-12
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 2011
NASA EPSCoR Undergraduate Research and Technology Development Researcher Award 2011-2012
Related Experience
Researcher
Undergraduate researcher working with Dr. Kentaro Nagamine at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. 2009-Present
Areas of interest include: Cosmology, early galaxy formation, cosmological SPH simulations.
Computer Experience
Operating Systems: OSX, Windows, Linux.
Software: Gadget, Super Mongo, LaTex, MS Office, iWork, MATLAB.
Languages: C, C++, Python, Shell Script, Basic.
Math and Science Course Work
Calculus I, II, III
Computational Linear Algebra
Ordinary Differential Equations I
Mechanics I,II
Electricity and Magnetism I,II
Quantum Mechanics I,II
Astrophysics I,II
Cosmology I
Computer Science I,II
Computational Physics I,II
Colloquium
Attend weekly colloquium featuring speakers from outside Universities.
Topics include: GRB’s, AGN, numerical simulations, early galaxy formation, and others.
Publications and Proposals
Jaacks, J., Choi, J.-H., & Nagamine, K. , 2012, MNRAS, 420, 1606, Steep Faint-end Slopes of Galaxy Mass and Luminosity Functions at z ≥ 6 and the Implications for Reionization
Jaacks, J., Nagamine, K., & Choi, J.-H., 2012, MNRAS, 427, 403, Duty Cycle & the Increasing Star Formation History of z ≥ 6 Galaxies
Thompson, R., Nagamine, K., & Jaacks, J., Molecular hydrogen regulated star formation in cosmological SPH simulations - arXiv:1301.0063
Jaacks, J., Nagamine, K., & Thompson, R., The Impact of H2-Based Star Formation on the z ≥ 6 Luminosity Functions and the Ionizing Photon Budget for Reionization - arXiv:1301.5270
Memberships
Astrophysics Journal Club - UNLV
Society of Physics Students
American Astronomical Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Conferences/Workshops
SF10 Cosmology Summer Workshop 2010; Sante Fe, NM
American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting 2011; Seattle, WA
Galaxy Formation Conference; Durham University, UK Summer 2011
New Horizons for High Redshifts Conference; Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK Summer 2011
American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting 2012; Austin, TX
HiPACC International Summer School on AstroComputing; San Diego, CA Summer 2012
30th Jerusalem Winter School in Theoretical Physics; IAS Jerusalem, Winter 2012
Presentations/Posters
SF10 Cosmology Summer Workshop, Sante Fe, NM - 30min Talk
REU Summer 2010 UNLV, Las Vegas, NV- Poster Session
American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting 2011, Seattle, WA - Poster Session
Society of Physics Student’s Night of Undergraduate Physics 2011, Seattle, WA - Poster Session
UNLV Festival of Communities Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2011 - Poster Session
UNLV Festival of Communities Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2011 - Invited Talk
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK: New Horizons for High Redshifts Conference, Summer 2011- Poster Session
Durham University, UK: Galaxy Formation Conference, Summer 2011 - Poster Session
American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting 2012, Austin, TX - Poster Session
Nevada Undergraduate Research Symposium (NURS:12) 2012, Reno, NV - Oral Presentation, Poster Session
UNLV Festival of Communities Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2012 - Poster Session
Undergraduate Research Summer Poster Session 2012, Reno NV - Poster Session
References
Available upon request