Alena Buyx teaches at the Technical University of Munich and is Director of the Institute for the History and Ethics of Medicine in Munich. Prof. Dr med. Alena Buyx's areas of work range from questions of medical ethics in clinical practice and challenges posed by biotechnological innovation and medical research to ethical and justice issues in modern healthcare systems. She pursues an interdisciplinary approach of "embedded ethics" and collaborates with clinical colleagues as well as with colleagues from various other disciplines. Alena Buyx is a member of various national, international and university committees, regularly advises large international research consortia and is a sought-after speaker and expert for media appearances. She has been a member of the German Ethics Council since 2016 and was appointed to the WHO Expert Advisory Committee on Developing Global Standards for Governance and Oversight of Human Genome Editing in 2019. She has been Chair of the German Ethics Council since 2020.

Professor Alena Buyx is a fully qualified doctor with further degrees in philosophy and sociology. Prior to her appointment in Munich, she was Professor of Medical Ethics at the University of Kiel, Emmy Noether Group Leader at the University of Münster, Academic Scholar at Harvard University, Deputy Director of the English Ethics Council and Senior Fellow at University College London.