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Kevin T. Trinh
Barr Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
I am a Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. I study the long-term evolution of planetary interiors. Currently, I am best known for my work on the differentiation of icy satellites—which has broad implications for gravity, magnetism, tectonics, chemistry, and habitability.
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California Institute of Technology
Barr Postdoctoral Fellow
2025 - Present
Arizona State University
Graduate Student
2020 - 2025
Education
Arizona State University
Doctorate
2025
Bowdoin College
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Metamorphism May Power Methanogenesis at Europa
EXPLORING JUPITER’S ICY MOONS WITH THE NASA EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION AND THE ESA JUICE MISSION I POSTER
planetary sciences | 17 december 2025
A Modern Dynamo as a Consequence of Triton’s Capture at Neptune?
THE ICE GIANTS: EXPLORING THE PLANETARY SYSTEMS OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE I POSTER
planetary sciences | 12 december 2024
A Critical Core Size for Dynamo Action at the Galilean Satellites
PLANETARY MAGNETISM AND PROTOPLANETARY DISK MAGNETISM I ORAL
geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and electromagnetism | 12 december 2024
A Critical Core Size for Dynamo Action at the Galilean Satellites
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
18 november 2024
Europa Clipper’s Investigation of Europa’s Habitability
BUILDING A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY UNDERSTANDING OF OCEAN WORLDS HABITABILITY AT THE DAWN OF THE EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION I ORAL
06 may 2024
Geodetic Investigations of the Europa Clipper Mission
OCEAN WORLDS AND SEARCH FOR LIFE: HORIZONS IN ICY SATELLITE SCIENCE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE HISTORIC EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION I POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
Compositional evolution of Europa’s Fe-FeS alloys from accretion to metal melting
OCEAN WORLDS AND SEARCH FOR LIFE: HORIZONS IN ICY SATELLITE SCIENCE AT THE LAUNCH OF THE HISTORIC EUROPA CLIPPER MISSION II POSTER
planetary sciences | 14 december 2023
The Science Case for Nautilus: A Multi-Flyby Mission Concept to Triton
CONCEPTS FOR FUTURE PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS AND INSTRUMENTS I POSTER
planetary sciences | 12 december 2023
Honors & Awards
Study of the Earth's Deep Interior Section Award for Graduate Research
Received December 2026