Ravi Valleti was born on September 8, 1979 in Hyderabad, India as Ravikanth Gudlavalleti. He is an Indian-American actor, activist, writer, and producer, known for Star Trek (2009), Devised (2016) and Overwhelm the Sky (2018). In 2019, Valleti was inducted into the UC Irvine Engineering Hall of Fame for S.T.E.A.M. equity and justice advocacy, and for reform in the March for Science movement. Valleti's autobiographical 'posthuman memoir' called "Rocket Scientist" is in development.