Imran Khan

Imran Khan took up the post of Chief Executive of the British Science Association in April 2013.

For three years before that, he was Director of the Campaign for Science & Engineering (CaSE); a leading independent voice for science and engineering in the UK, focusing on research funding, science and maths education, building a knowledge-intensive and high-tech economy, and promoting science and evidence within government.

Khan studied Biology at the University of Oxford, and holds a Master’s degree in Science Communication from Imperial College London. He previously worked in Westminster as a senior parliamentary researcher for Dr Evan Harris, and prior to that spent time as a science communicator and freelance journalist.

He is a Trustee of Practical Action, which works to challenge global poverty through the use of technology