About

Mun Keat Looi is a journalist with 15 years experience in science and health journalism, digital content, longform features, narrative storytelling, growth/audience engagement and social media. He is International News & Features Editor at The BMJ (British Medical Journal) and journalism lecturer at Imperial College London

Mun-Keat has authored two books, ‘Big Questions in Science: The quest to solve the great unknowns‘ (2013) and the Geek Guide to Life (2016). He has written and produced news, features, podcasts, and videos for Quartz, The Guardian, BBC Focus, Chemistry World and others, and was the science editor and fact-checker for acclaimed book Spike (2021) by Jeremy Farrar and Anjana Ahuja. He was awarded the silver Rising Star Award at the 2015 British Media Awards and wrote the Association of British Science Writers’ ‘How to become a science writer‘ guide.

In previous lives, he was Commissioning Editor for the award-winning longform magazine Mosaic, headed up social media strategy for Wellcome Trust, served on the Executive Committee of the ABSW, and led a charity project that earned over £16,000 and widespread media coverage as a side hustle. He gives regular talks and workshops on digital journalism, social media, jorunalism and science communication.

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