Ray Villard

Ray Villard has dedicated his career to making astronomy accessible to the public. As News Director for the Space Telescope Science Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, he is responsible for sharing the latest discoveries made with the Hubble Space Telescope.

In 2004, Villard published Infinite Worlds, an illustrated book about the discovery of extrasolar planets, which was later adapted into a National Geographic Channel documentary titled Alien Earths. The documentary went on to be nominated for a Prime Time Emmy Award in 2010.

Villard has received several NASA service awards for his contributions to the Hubble project. He holds a Master’s degree in Science Communication from Boston University.