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Kevin T. Trinh

@icymoonskevin.bsky.social

Barr Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech🦫 Planetary science + icy moons πŸŒ•πŸ§ŠπŸš€ https://www.kevintrinh.space/

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Planetary Science MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026 Crowd sourced list of people who are looking for MS/PhD students to help connect prospective students with advisors so we can do even more fabulous planetary science! (Submitting a response indicates ...

I am community sourcing a list of people who are actively in search of MS/PhD students in planetary science/astrobiology/exoplanets for Fall 2026. If you are such a person, please fill out the following google form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

05.08.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Congratulations! Well deserved πŸ₯³

31.07.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ASU SESE is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor in Astrophysics: apply.interfolio.com/170951 πŸ§‘β€πŸ« πŸ”­

28.07.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ice and Ocean Worlds: Geology, Oceanography, Chemistry, and Habitability This annual session brings together studies of icy and ocean worlds in our solar system (Earth, Europa, Enceladus, Titan, Ganymede, Triton, etc.) and possibilities in extra-solar systems to understand...

Planning to submit an abstract to hashtag#AGU25? If you're working on ocean worlds, then please consider submitting to our annual and crossdisciplinary session 🌊

Title: "Ice and Ocean Worlds: Geology, Oceanography, Chemistry, and Habitability"

Link: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

25.07.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The "Cython" library in Python is phenomenal. My old thermal evolution code in C++ took ~10 minutes to run. Now, in Python, I can run the code in ~6 seconds.

Granted, my C++ code was far from perfect, but it's nice being able to code primarily in Python while having the performance of C.

20.06.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How China is vying to attract the world’s top scientific talent Hundreds of policies across the country have been designed to lure researchers and new graduates to settle there.

Hundreds of policies across China have been designed to lure researchers and new graduates to settle there

https://go.nature.com/3HvZQiq

09.06.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Perks of attending a conference in Japan πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ #JpGU

30.05.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was nice visiting the Earth Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Tech)! Lots of great planetary scientists and astrobiologists here.

30.05.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is insane, and sabotages the future of US scienceβ€”and it’s so easy to see why…

AI, quantum, etc., all started as niche research 10, 20, 50 years ago. They’re β€œtrendy” science of national importance today because of decades of investments in broad, fundamental research.

(🧡1/3)

10.05.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

After serving as Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and VP of Caltech for three years, I have decided to step down, effective June 1. Though not an easy decision, I strongly believe it is the right one for me, my family, and the Lab. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/dave-ga...

07.05.2025 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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Forever a Sun Devil πŸ”±

25.04.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NASA Announces Bold Plan To Still Exist By 2045 WASHINGTONβ€”In what is being described as the most ambitious mission ever undertaken in the space agency’s history, NASA officials announced at a press conference Tuesday their bold new plan to still e...

NASA Announces Bold Plan To Still Exist By 2045

16.04.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4569    πŸ” 470    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 34
Joe (Kevin’s advisor) introducing Kevin

Joe (Kevin’s advisor) introducing Kevin

Kevin and his committee after a successful PhD defense.

Kevin and his committee after a successful PhD defense.

Kevin and his friends celebrating with tomahawk steak tacos.

Kevin and his friends celebrating with tomahawk steak tacos.

Officially Dr. Trinh! So glad to be surrounded by amazing people along the way. πŸŽ“πŸŒ•β„οΈπŸš€

14.04.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was a pleasure sharing my research and connecting with the geophysics community at Stanford University!

07.04.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m thrilled to share that I will be joining @caltech.edu this June as a Melza M. And Frank Theodore Barr postdoctoral fellow. Super excited for all the science to be done in the coming years.

31.03.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

In these past five years, I've really grown to appreciate #Arizona (despite the heat...). Lots of hiking and hidden gem restaurants around!

29.03.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Once again, I wrote a sentence that I really liked, only to throw it away because it no longer fits the flow of my manuscript πŸ₯²

25.03.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturn has a whopping 274 moons ― scientists want to know why A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.

+128 new moons for Saturn! Granted, many of them are tiny and irregular, but they also might represent a graveyard of past moons lost through collisions. The Saturn system is so interesting and complex.

Link: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

19.03.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What the Keck

13.03.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Despite all the chaos going on, it’s nice to see a bit of shared laughter and humanity over technical difficulties in the NASA HQ session #LPSC2025

10.03.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's a packed house for NASA Night at this year's LPSC.

With things afire generally and at NASA specifically (see my earlier posts today), it's going to be an interesting town hall.

10.03.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you for the shout out!

10.03.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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THUNDER: A Titan Orbiter Mission Concept for the New Frontiers Program Designed at the JPL Planetary Science Summer School - Astrobiology Saturn’s moon Titan is an enigmatic icy world whose surface is constantly modified by its active, Earthlike precipitation system. Here, we propose the Titan’s Hydrocarbons: Uncovering New Dimensions o...

THUNDER: A Titan Orbiter Mission Concept for the New Frontiers Program Designed at the JPL Planetary Science Summer School
astrobiology.com/2025/03/thun... #astrobiology #Titan

04.03.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proposed Science Themes for NASA's Fifth New Frontiers Mission Read online, download a free PDF.

Proposed Science Themes for NASA’s Fifth New Frontiers Mission - a NASEM CAPS report

nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2799...

25.02.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Europa Clipper ICONS Internships - NASA Science The new Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists (ICONS) internships will bring members of the Europa Clipper science team together

Europa ICONS is still funded and applications are open until 2/28 if you have interested undergrads! science.nasa.gov/planetary-sc...

17.02.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Rachel! πŸŽ‰

10.02.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited for my second paper to be featured in #AGUPubs! Here we argue that a small metal core size may prevent dynamos at the Galilean moons, even if there is core convection.

This work was done in collaboration with my mentors, Carver Bierson and @geojgo.bsky.social πŸ§²πŸŒβ„οΈ

10.02.2025 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trump’s executive orders on DEI in the federal government. I’m going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n

08.02.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1338    πŸ” 496    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 53
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Enjoyed giving SESE’s first post-RenFest β€œcloakuium” today 😹

06.02.2025 00:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Adobe Illustrator humbles me πŸ˜… but I'm still trying to get better at my graphic design skills! Currently trying to make art for Enceladus (moon of Saturn) and Triton (moon of Neptune). Hoping to improve these for my future presentations βŒ›

Yes, I overlaid a picture of a cantaloupe on top of Triton.

26.01.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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