Christopher (Chris) Gyngell is an associate professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne and team leader of the Biomedical Ethics Research Group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, with honorary appointments at Melbourne Law School and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford.

His work sits at the intersection of bioethics, genomic medicine, and philosophy of medicine, with a particular focus on the ethical governance of emerging biotechnologies such as genome editing, reproductive technologies, rapid genomic sequencing in paediatrics, and genomic data sharing. He has published widely in leading bioethics and medical journals, led competitive grant-funded programs, and regularly contributes to policy and public debate, including advising government inquiries on mitochondrial donation. Chris also coordinates international capacity-building initiatives in applied ethics, including the Japan Scholar Programme,.