John E. Conway (born 1963) is a British astronomer. He is director of Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden.[1] He was appointed professor of observational radio astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, in 2010.[2]

His research concerns radio galaxies and radio telescope technology, particularly involving VLBI. His design for a spiral configuration of antennas was adopted for the telescope ALMA.[3]

Conway was one of the scientists portrayed in the 1991 TV series The Astronomers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Astronomisk guldålder börjar nu". Chalmers University of Technology. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Professors". Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Observing Efficiency of a Strawperson Zoom Array (ALMA Memo 283)" (PDF). NRAO. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "John E. Conway". IMDb. Retrieved 3 October 2013.


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