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Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh (
Vietnamese Vietnamese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia ** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam. * Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam ** Overse ...
: Trịnh Hữu Châu, born September 14, 1950) is a
Vietnamese American Vietnamese Americans ( vi, Người Mỹ gốc Việt, lit=Viet-origin American people) are Americans of Vietnamese ancestry. They make up about half of all overseas Vietnamese and are the fourth-largest Asian American ethnic group after Chinese ...
biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space and the second Vietnamese in space (after cosmonaut
Phạm Tuân Phạm Tuân ( born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an I ...
).


Biography

Trinh was born in Saigon, South Vietnam. Trinh moved with his parents to
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, France, when he was two years old. He came to the United States to study when he was 18 and later became an American citizen. Trinh graduated from Lycee Michelet in Paris, France, in 1968 with a baccalaureate degree. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering-Applied Physics from
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in 1972. He then studied at
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, earning a Masters of Science in 1974, a Masters of Philosophy in 1975, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in Applied Physics in 1977.


Career

Trinh served as the Director of the Physical Sciences Research Division in the Biological and Physical Research Enterprise at
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headquarters. He started with NASA in 1979, as a Senior Research Scientist at the
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. He conducted experimental and theoretical research in Fluid Dynamics, Fundamental Materials Science, and Levitation Technology for 20 years. He performed hands-on experimental investigations in laboratories aboard the NASA KC-135 aircraft, and on the Space Shuttle Columbia. Trinh was a Payload Specialist crew member on the STS-50/United States Microgravity Lab-1 Space Shuttle flight in 1992. As Director of the Physical Sciences Research Division at NASA, Trinh leads the effort to develop an innovative peer-reviewed scientific program focusing on the effects of gravity on physical, chemical, and biological systems. The results of this program will enable the human exploration and development of space, providing the scientific basis for technologies permitting humankind to explore the vast expanses of our solar system and beyond. In May 2004, Trinh received the Golden Torch Award from the Vietnamese American National Gala in
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Trinh formerly resided in Culver City, California, but now makes his home in
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. He is married to the former Yvette Fabry and has one child.


See also

*
List of Asian American astronauts This article is a list of notable Asian Americans. Academia *Manjul Bhargava, mathematician * Raj Chetty, professor of economics * Leon O. Chua, computer scientist * S. I. Hayakawa, professor of English, president of San Francisco State Universi ...
*
Phạm Tuân Phạm Tuân ( born 14 February 1947) is a retired Vietnam Air Force aviator and cosmonaut. He became the first Vietnamese citizen and the first person from an Asian country to fly in space when he launched aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an I ...
(first Vietnamese/Asian in space)


References

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