He received his DPhil in Philosophy from Oxford University, and has completed fellowships at the National Institutes of Health’s Department of Bioethics and the Oxford Centre for Neuroethics. His primary interests lie on the ethics of developing novel biomedical technologies. He has written on ethical issues related to topics such as human subjects research, gene testing and editing, IVF (including mitochondrial replacement), and human enhancement. He is also currently serving as a Global Future Councils Fellow for the Council on the Future of Technology, Values and Policy, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.