Devon Lundine serves as an intern in the Office of Entrepreneurship and Commercialization, where he actively supports the Entrepreneurship Initiative startup cohorts. In this role, he leverages his extensive scientific background to help early-stage ventures navigate the complexities of commercialization.
Devon is a molecular biologist by training, completing his postdoctoral training at MSK, where his research bridged the fields of radiation oncology and space biology. His work focused on DNA damage and repair mechanisms, developing drugs as cosmic radiation countermeasures and exploring radiosensitization in cancer therapies.
Prior to his postdoc, Devon completed his PhD in Molecular Biology at the CUNY Graduate Center, studying DNA replication and developing theranostics for triple-negative breast cancer. Alongside his research, he has dedicated nine years to academia as an adjunct professor of biology at Hunter College, teaching foundational courses in biochemistry and molecular biology.