Michael J. Reiss is Professor of Science Education at UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, Visiting Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, Docent at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, President of the Association for Science Education and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

The former Director of Education at the Royal Society and President of the International Society for Science and Religion, his academic interests are in science education, bioethics and sex education. Recent books of his include: Reiss, M. J. & Ruse, M. (2023) The New Biology: A Battle between Mechanism and Organicism, Harvard University Press; Briggs, A. & Reiss, M. J. (2021) Human Flourishing: Scientific Insight and Spiritual Wisdom in Uncertain Times, Oxford University Press; Barmania, S. & Reiss, M. J. (2018) Islam and Health Policies Related to HIV Prevention in Malaysia, Springer; Abrahams, I. & Reiss, M. J. (Eds) (2017) Enhancing Learning with Effective Practical Science 11-16, Bloomsbury; Reiss, M. J. & White, J. (2013) An Aims-based Curriculum, IOE Press; and Jones, A., McKim, A. & Reiss, M. (Eds) (2010) Ethics in the Science and Technology Classroom: A New Approach to Teaching and Learning, Sense.