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:
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@icymoonskevin.bsky.social
Barr Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech𦫠Planetary science + icy moons ππ§π https://www.kevintrinh.space/
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...
Congratulations! Well deserved π₯³
31.07.2025 19:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0ASU SESE is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor in Astrophysics: apply.interfolio.com/170951 π§βπ« π
28.07.2025 23:18 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Planning to submit an abstract to hashtag#AGU25? If you're working on ocean worlds, then please consider submitting to our annual and crossdisciplinary session π
Title: "Ice and Ocean Worlds: Geology, Oceanography, Chemistry, and Habitability"
Link: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...
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.
Hundreds of policies across China have been designed to lure researchers and new graduates to settle there
https://go.nature.com/3HvZQiq
Perks of attending a conference in Japan π―π΅ #JpGU
30.05.2025 09:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It 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 π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is insane, and sabotages the future of US scienceβand itβs so easy to see whyβ¦
AI, quantum, etc., all started as niche research 10, 20, 50 years ago. Theyβre βtrendyβ science of national importance today because of decades of investments in broad, fundamental research.
(π§΅1/3)
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 π 79 π 21 π¬ 12 π 3Forever a Sun Devil π±
25.04.2025 15:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NASA Announces Bold Plan To Still Exist By 2045
16.04.2025 15:58 β π 4569 π 470 π¬ 46 π 34Joe (Kevinβs advisor) introducing Kevin
Kevin and his committee after a successful PhD defense.
Kevin and his friends celebrating with tomahawk steak tacos.
Officially Dr. Trinh! So glad to be surrounded by amazing people along the way. ππβοΈπ
14.04.2025 15:17 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0It was a pleasure sharing my research and connecting with the geophysics community at Stanford University!
07.04.2025 15:18 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm 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 π 30 π 1 π¬ 4 π 0In 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 π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Once again, I wrote a sentence that I really liked, only to throw it away because it no longer fits the flow of my manuscript π₯²
25.03.2025 23:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0+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...
What the Keck
13.03.2025 02:38 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1Despite all the chaos going on, itβs 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 π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It'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.
Thank you for the shout out!
10.03.2025 22:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0THUNDER: 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
Proposed Science Themes for NASAβs Fifth New Frontiers Mission - a NASEM CAPS report
nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2799...
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 π 10 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Rachel! π
10.02.2025 22:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excited 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 π§²πβοΈ
Last night I found out that the NSF math postdoctoral fellowship I applied for is being deleted because it does not comply with Trumpβs executive orders on DEI in the federal government. Iβm going to answer some FAQs and share some thoughts about this ordeal in this thread 1/n
08.02.2025 18:42 β π 1338 π 496 π¬ 51 π 53Enjoyed giving SESEβs first post-RenFest βcloakuiumβ today πΉ
06.02.2025 00:01 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1Adobe Illustrator humbles me π
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 β
Yes, I overlaid a picture of a cantaloupe on top of Triton.