Tansu Daylan

Assistant Professor of Physics at Washington University in St. Louis, affiliated with the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences. Research focuses on exoplanet discovery (TESS mission), dark matter signatures, and astrostatistics. Leads the AstroMusers research group with NASA-supported projects including ULTRASAT and Roman Space Telescope initiatives.

Research interests span exoplanet characterization using JWST/Hubble, gravitational lensing for dark matter studies, and Bayesian inference frameworks. Recent work emphasizes high-performance computing applications in cosmology.

Awards include the LSST Catalyst Fellowship and MIT Kavli Fellowship. Manages multiple NASA grants and coordinates graduate/undergraduate research programs.