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Description: For more information, visit: events.caltech.edu/series/science-journeys/2022-05-6 Benjamín Idini is a PhD candidate in planetary geophysics at Caltech, where he studies the core of Jupiter by exploiting the gravitational field of tides recorded by NASA's Juno mission. As a geophysicist, Idini extends his expertise about how our planet works to understand other planets in the solar system. Idini grew up in remote Chiloé, an island off the coast of Patagonia in southern Chile. After college, he joined Caltech in 2017 to study geophysics and planetary science. Idini began collaborating with the Juno science team in late 2019. In addition to the core of Jupiter, he also studies the mechanics of earthquakes from numerical simulations and satellite radar observations of Earth's surface deformation. Beyond his research, Idini works to further science communication in Spanish and free access to high-quality public education in his home country of Chile. He loves hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains and driving up the Owens Valley to practice snowboarding in Mammoth Lakes during the winter season. When not involved in outdoor recreation, he spends his spare time reading Russian and Latin American literature. Produced in association with Caltech Academic Media Technologies ©2022 California Institute of Technology