Gintaras Kantvilas (born 1956)[1] is an Australian lichenologist, who earned his Ph.D in 1985 from the University of Tasmania with a thesis entitled Studies on Tasmanian rainforest lichens.

[2] He has authored over 432 species names,[3] and 167 genera[4] in the field of mycology.

Kanvilas completed his secondary education at St Virgil's College in Hobart in 1973.

[5] In 1985, he was working for the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service.

[6] In 1987 he was listing his affiliation as Department of Botany, University of Tasmania,[7] in addition to the Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service.