Samuel Charles Conway[3] (born June 4, 1965) is an American researcher in the pharmaceutical, biomedical and agrochemical fields of organic chemistry.

[2] One patent covers compounds intended to treat hepatitis B in synergy with lamivudine;[12][13] another relates to recyclable packaging material.

[24] Conway was introduced to the furry fandom at Noreascon 3 (the 1989 Worldcon),[25] and has been involved in fan activities from the early 1990s to the present day.

Conway styles himself "Furrydom's Storyteller", making annual appearances at Anthrocon in what has come to be known as Uncle Kage's Story Hour.

[26] Conway is regularly invited to tell his stories at other fan conventions, including I-CON,[41][42] Eurofurence,[43][44] ConClave,[45] and Camp Feral!.

[52] Conway says his techniques are influenced by Phil Foglio and Joe Mayhew; they include humor and appeals to pity, novelty and scarcity.

[56][57] For Anthrolations #5—a magazine of dramatic fiction—Conway submitted "Six", a previously-written work "based on a true story" involving wildlife rehabilitation from his days as a Red Cross volunteer.

[59] Also nominated that year was Breaking the Ice: Stories from New Tibet, a collection set in and around a subarctic mining colony; Conway's contribution, "Dead End", features a bartending vulture who provides an introduction to the harsh, dystopic world.

[61] While in college, Conway was a member of the Ursinius Meistersingers vocal music group, and the performing arts honor society Pi Nu Epsilon.

[10] He became a volunteer for the American Red Cross Disaster Service in 1989, but quit in 1998 due to his perception of high-level corruption in the organization.

[62] Since May 1996, Conway has participated in the MadSci Network, a free questions-and-answers resource organized by the medical school of Washington University in St.