Head of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, England.

Prof. Chinnery began his research career studying links between mitochondrial DNA and human disease, and is interested in mechanisms of mitochondrial inheritance. His research has involved identifying nuclear and mitochondrial gene defects causing mitochondrial disorders, dissecting downstream disease mechanisms and studying molecular and cellular bases of mitochondrial DNA inheritance – most recently through the UK 100,000 Genomes Project. His active clinical translational research studies the natural history of mitochondrial diseases linked to development of new treatments. Prof. Chinnery has an interest in mitochondrial mechanisms in common diseases, particularly neurodegenerative disorders.