Delpy was educated at Heaton Grammar School in Newcastle. He went on to study at Brunel University, graduating with a first class Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Physics. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by University College London in Medical physics.
Delpy was Chief Executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
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As of 2014, he is chairman of the Defence Scientific Advisory Council and a member of the strategic advisory board of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s quantum technologies programme.
