Ray JayawardhanaRay Jayawardhana is a professor and Canada research chair in observational astrophysics at the University of Toronto, where he also serves as senior advisor to the president on science engagement. His writing has appeared in the New York Ties, the Economist, Scientific American, Astronomy, Muse, and more. He is the author of Strange New Worlds, which was a finalist for the Lane Anderson Award, one of Library Journal's best science books of 2011, and the basis of the CBC television documentary The Planet Hunters. He lives in Toronto. Read More Read Less