From 2002 to 2010, Louis was a
Royal Society University Research Fellow at the
University of Cambridge and the
University of Oxford. He is also an associate of the
Faraday Institute for Science and Religion. He has written for the
BioLogos Foundation, where as of November 2011, he sat on the board of directors. He has been criticised by the
Discovery Institute for his opposition to the
intelligent design movement. In 2013 he was elected a member of the
International Society for Science and Religion. Prior to his post at Oxford, Louis taught
theoretical chemistry at the
University of Cambridge where he was also director of studies in
Natural Sciences at
Hughes Hall, Cambridge. With
David Malone he made the 4-part documentary
Why Are We Here for Tern TV. Louis also appears in the episode
Proof of God in the series
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, giving him an
Erdős–Bacon number of 6. He also engages in
molecular gastronomy. Louis identifies as a
Christian. He was awarded the 2025
Sam Edwards Prize and Medal from the
Institute of Physics "
For pioneering the development of novel mathematical and numerical models that have contributed to understanding of soft matter and biological physics across length scales." ==References==