Robert DeVita

Dr. DeVita is a Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai and Director of Medicinal Chemistry in the Drug Discovery Institute (DDI). An experienced medicinal chemist and drug hunter in academia, biotech and large pharmaceutical environments (including over 20 years at Merck), Dr. DeVita has a strong track record of delivering clinical candidate molecules for complex molecular targets. At Mitokinin, Dr. DeVita works closely with both internal and external (IntelliSyn) resources to ensure that Mitokinin’s chemistry and molecule characterization efforts progress rapidly.

Dr. DeVita has delivered 10 development candidates, including two Phase II compounds. He completed his Ph.D in Organic Chemistry in the lab of Andrew S. Kende at the University of Rochester. He has over 85 publications in medicinal chemistry and patent literature.