Daisuke Nagai

Daisuke Nagai is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Yale University and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Yale Physics Department. His research focuses on theoretical and computational cosmology, including dark matter, dark energy, galaxy clusters, and data science. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2005) and a B.S. from the University of Michigan (1999). Before joining Yale in 2008, he was a Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Scholar at Caltech.

• Positions: Professor (2022–present), Director of Graduate Studies (2022–2025), Co-Director Yale Center for Research Computing (2015–2019).
• Awards: Stephen Murray Lectureship (2018), Cottrell Scholar (2012), IUPAP Young Scientist Prize (2011).

His work uses high-resolution cosmological simulations to study galaxy cluster formation, X-ray observations, and the interplay between dark matter and baryonic processes. He also leads efforts in computational astrophysics and data-driven methods for cosmological analysis.