Ray Villard
News Director
Space Telescope Science Institute
USA
Biography:
Ray Villard is news director for the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), where he translates Hubble's discoveries into stories for the media and public. He has specialized in communicating astronomy since 1974 and received several NASA service awards for his contribution to publicizing Hubble science results.
Villard was previously associate editor for the popular magazine Astronomy. He has written a variety of freelance articles for magazines, encyclopedias and Internet blogs, and scripts for several syndicated science programs on public radio.
In 2004, Villard published an illustrated astronomy book on the discovery of extrasolar planets entitled Infinite Worlds. Villard co-wrote a video adaption of the book for the National Geographic Channel. That program, Alien Earth's, was nominated for the 2010 Prime Time Emmy Awards.
Convention Guest Appearances
- Shore Leave 2024 - July 26-28, 2024 in Lancaster, PA, USA
- Shore Leave 2019 - July 12-14, 2019 in Hunt Valley, MD, USA
KotoriCon 2015 - January 9-10, 2015 in Sewell, NJ, USACancelled Appearance- Otakon 2014 - August 8-10, 2014 in Baltimore, MD, USA