 From 2003, he was chief executive of the Science Learning Centre in London.From 2006 to 2008, he was director of education at the Royal Society, a position he resigned on 16 September 2008, following protests about his views on tackling creationism when teaching evolution in schools, which the Royal Society said were "open to misinterpretation".Reiss works in the fields of science education, bioethics, and sex education.