About SAM
Bio
Sam McKee works in education and academia as a researcher and associate tutor in history and philosophy of science at Manchester Metropolitan University. He is director of Aylesbury Vale YFC, a charity putting on events for schools across the area in the sciences and humanities.
Sam is a polymath, gaining a 1st class degree in genetics at Cambridge University, a BA (Hons) in theology at Chester University followed by an MRes. He has a second master’s degree in molecular biology from Birkbeck. He is currently studying a PhD in history and philosophy of science. This winter he will be a part-time researcher at the University of Reading in molecular biology where he will be continuing his work on DNA repair in the McGuffin laboratory. Working with ISSET, he oversaw a winning team which had its experiment flown to space by SpaceX to be conducted by astronauts on the International Space Station.
Sam speaks regularly to both students and adults on biology, aspects of religion and science, and history/philosophy of science. He also facilitates public debates around these disciplines for secondary school and university audiences. He is a popular writer for media outlets such as The Conversation, The Freethinker, and the Institute for Art and Ideas (IaI).
Sam is passionate about STEM education and investing in the next generation, serving as an ambassador for The Genetics Society UK, as well as on the committee of The Mars Society UK and Christians in Science. He is a member of the International Society for Science and Religion, The European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, The Centre for Theology and the Natural Sciences, and an author/reviewer for the European Journal for Philosophy of Science and Zygon. He is part of the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine; an academic group for the history of physics, and a member of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT). He is an associate at the Royal Society of Biology.
He is married with three young daughters and is based between London and Oxford.
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