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Daniel Baumann is the inaugural Stephen Hawking Professor of Cosmology at the University of Cambridge and, since 2024, Director of the Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics at National Taiwan University. His research explores the origin and evolution of the Universe, connecting the quantum physics of its earliest moments to the cosmic structures we observe today. He is a founding PI of the ERC Synergy Grant UNIVERSE+ and a Co-Director of the Max Planck–IAS–NTU Center for Particle Physics, Cosmology and Geometry. His honours include a Humboldt Research Award and a Yushan Professorship. His textbook Cosmology received the American Astronomical Society’s Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award and the Association of American Publishers’ PROSE Award.