John Conway (astronomer)
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
[edit]- ^ "Astronomisk guldålder börjar nu". Chalmers University of Technology. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- ^ "Professors". Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "Observing Efficiency of a Strawperson Zoom Array (ALMA Memo 283)" (PDF). NRAO. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "John E. Conway". IMDb. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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