Nickolay Y. Gnedin

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Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the College; Fermilab: Theoretical Astrophysics Group; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Education: Ph.D. 1994, Princeton University

Contact Information

Phone: (773) 834-4388
Location: TAAC 21
Email: gnedinfnal.gov
WWW: Web Site

Research

Cosmology, galaxy formation, supercomputer simulations

My research interests range from General Relativity to physics of the interstellar medium to cosmology. Right now, for most of the time I work on numerical cosmological simulations, including (but not limited to) simulating galaxy formation and evolution of the intergalactic medium. I like doing numerics and working with a computer. This often includes quite sophisticated visualization of the simulation results, so, I guess, I am a little bit a movie director as well.

Research Fields: Cosmology; Extragalactic Astronomy; Galactic Astronomy; Computational Astrophysics

Affiliations: Fermilab: Theoretical Astrophysics Group; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Member of Scientific Groups: Andrey Kravtsov's group

Graduate Students

Current Students: Alexander A. Kaurov

Teaching

Current & Future Courses

  • ASTR 18200, The Origin and Evolution of the Universe: 2012 - 2013 (Spring)

Past Courses

  • ASTR 18100, The Milky Way: 2011 - 2012 (Autumn-KPTC 105); 2010 - 2011 (Spring); 2009 - 2010 (Winter); 2008 - 2009 (Spring); 2007 - 2008 (Spring)
  • ASTR 18100, The Milky Way (Lab): 2011 - 2012 (Autumn)
  • ASTR 28200, Special Topics (Exoplanets): 2006 - 2007 (Spring)

Department Committees

Past


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