Conway joined NPL in 1984. While at NPL he studied part-time for a BSc degree in physics from the Polytechnic of the South Bank and an MSc and DPhil from the University of Sussex.
Conway worked on the development of cryogenic and ultra-high vacuum environments for metrological applications such as cryogenic dielectric resonators and variable temperature scanning tunnelling microscopes. He also has considerable experience of developing computerised measurement and control systems for complex experiments.
Conway had a long and impactful career including; the development of the original NPL website, tools such as “genform” a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script, the design of the cryogenic sapphire dielectric resonator for the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of a collaboration between NPL, Femto-ST and TimeTech GmbH, design of Cavities for Room-Temperature Solid-State Maser recognised by Physics World as one of the ‘Top 10 breakthroughs for 2012’ and the development and early deployment of NPLTime®.
Up until his passing Conway was working on the UK’s national time scale and providing scientific expertise for the NPLTime® service.