Samuel McKee

Sam McKee works in education and academia as a researcher and associate tutor/lecturer on the philosophy of science faculty at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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 philosophy of science. He is doing fully-funded doctoral research at the University of Reading in molecular biology researching DNA repair proteins 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 in 2023.

Sam speaks regularly to both students and adults on biology, aspects of religion and science, philosophy of science and religious studies. 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).