Trinh Xuan Thuan

Trinh Xuan Thuan studied at California Institute of Technology and Princeton University. The recorded working language is English and French. The field of work recorded is extragalactic astronomy, astrophysics and astronomy. Employment is recorded with University of Virginia. Distinctions recorded are Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, Kalinga Prize, Prix littéraire de l'Asie and Knight of the Legion of Honour.

• Birth Name — Trịnh Xuân Thuận • Born — 20 August 1948 • Birthplace — Hanoi, Vietnam • Field — Astrophysics • Workplaces — University of Virginia • Education — California Institute of Technology (BS) Princeton University (PhD) • Doctoral Advisor — Lyman Spitzer • Known for — Research in galaxy formation Author of popular books • Awards — Prix Moron (2007) Kalinga Prize (2009) Prix mondial Cino Del Duca (2012) Legion of Honor – Chevalier (2014) Trịnh Xuân Thuận (born August 20, 1948) is a Vietnamese-American astrophysicist.

Trịnh Xuân Thuận was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. He completed his B.S. at the California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. at Princeton University. He taught astronomy at the University of Virginia, where he was a professor, starting 1976. He is a research associate at the Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris. He was a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion. Thuận was the recipient of UNESCO's Kalinga Prize in 2009 for his work in popularizing science. He received the Kalinga chair award at the 99th Indian Science Congress at Bhubaneswar. In 2012, he was awarded the Prix mondial Cino Del Duca from the Institut de France. This prize recognizes authors whose work, literary or scientific, constitutes a message of modern humanism. In 2014 Thuận was inducted into the French Legion of Honor as a Chevalier. Thuận's areas of interest are extragalactic astronomy and galaxy formation. His research has focused on the evolution of galaxies and the chemical composition of the universe, and on compact blue dwarf galaxies.