Richard McCray's research is in the theory of the dynamics of the interstellar gas, theory of cosmic X-ray sources and, most recently, the theory of Supernova 1987A. His contributions include the theory of the "interstellar bubbles" that are blown in interstellar gas by the winds of hot stars, the theory of "superbubbles" (giant holes blown in the gas disks of galaxies by clusters of exploding stars), theoretical models showing how X-rays from neutron stars and black holes are converted to observed ultraviolet and optical emission spectra, and the interpretation of the evolution of the spectrum of Supernova 1987A. McCray is also engaged in observations of these phenomena with various spacecraft, including the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra Observatory. Richard McCray received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from UCLA in 1967. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech (1967-68) and an Assistant Professor at the Harvard College Observatory (1968-71). In 1971, he moved to the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he is now George Gamow Distinguished Professor of Astrophysics.