Dr Jean-Marie Peron
Faculties, departments and locations
- Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer in Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Email:
- [email protected]
About
I completed my PhD in medicinal chemistry in 2021, under Prof. R C. Hider, King's College London. Following a few short research assignments, I joined Prof. Keith Jones' group at Kingston University as a research fellow in 2002. During that time, I worked on semi-synthetic cardioactive steroids (bufadienolides); on a project funded by the Special Trustees of St Thomas' Hospital. In 2006, I changed direction and took on the role of senior technician at Kingston responsible for the NMR facility, and supporting teaching and research in the School of LSPC. The role allowed me to collaborate with a number of academic colleagues, offering my expertise to help answer varied scientific questions. In December 2017, I returned to the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences as lecturer in organic and pharmaceutical chemistry, where I am now a senior lecturer. In addition to teaching and research, I have been involved in a number of academic citizenship roles, which are detailed under the Teaching and Learning Domain.
Qualifications
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
- PhD Medicinal Chemistry: King's College London, UK
- BSc (Hons.) Chemistry: Kingston University, UK
- D.U.T. de Chimie: I.U.T. de Chimie, Université de Rennes 1, France
Domains
Senior Lecturer
I teach organic and pharmaceutical chemistry at levels 4-7, I also teach NMR and spectroscopy data analysis and interpretation to level 5 pharmaceutical science students and to level 6 and level 7 students. I currently lead the level 4 module CH4010 Chemical Foundations: From Atoms to Pharmaceuticals, and co-lead the level 5 module CH5002 Organic and Medicinal Chemistry. I am involved in supervising a MPharm, MSc and BSc projects students during the academic year. I also am the personal tutor for around 24 students in the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
Open Days, Offer Holder Days and Recruitment Coordinator for the Department (September 2025 – Current)
In September 2025, I became the Open Days, Offer Holder Days and Recruitment Coordinator for the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPS). This role seeks to ensure staff in the department of CPS are booked and briefed for our in-house or online recruitment activities.
Course Director for Chemistry (June 2023 – September 2025)
I was the Course Director for the BSc Chemistry programme (F100, F123) until September 2025. I built my role drawing from my experience as Admissions Tutor and learning from various in house training events as well as networking with other directors of undergraduate teaching, at meetings organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry, our accrediting body. Furthermore, I led the re-validation of the BSc Chemistry programme in 2024 and the new programme launched under it new form in September 2025.
Admissions Tutor for Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science (Sept. 2020 – June 2023)
I was responsible for reviewing a number of applications to undergraduate courses in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, working in close collaboration with the Faculty Admissions Team and the Faculty Recruitment Team. A key aspect of my role involved facilitating clearing and admissions activities in the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and ensuring academic colleagues were equipped for clearing.
Qualifications
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- PhD, Medicinal Chemistry, King's College London, UK
Courses taught
My current research interests include the structure elucidation of naturally occurring bioactive compounds (RMM<800DA) using high-resolution FT-NMR spectroscopy, and organic synthesis to prepare molecules with medicinal properties. I also collaborate on a number of projects where solution phase NMR is used as a means to quantify drugs (e.g. in formulation studies), their metabolites or investigate drug stability (e.g. anticancer drug cocktails). My interest is not limited to organic-type chemistry, I am also keen to collaborate on material chemistry projects. I currently co-supervise one PhD student in cancer research.
Qualifications
- Advanced Avance/TopSpin III Training Course - Bruker UK Limited Certificate of Training
- Avance NMR Training Course - Bruker UK Limited Certificate of Training
- NMT24 Advanced 2 Dimensional Techniques - Jeol Certificate of Training
- PhD, Medicinal Chemistry, King's College London, UK
Specialisms
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Natural Products Structure Elucidation
- Avance / Topspin 3+ automation and AU Programming
- NMR Data Processing and Interpretation
Sept. 2023 - Sept. 2025: Member of the RSC Directors of Undergraduate Teaching Policy Group
Meeting twice yearly, as a member of the group I shared how we teach the on our course, with emphasis on how we develop graduate attributes and the role of Future Skills in achieving this.
Professional and scholarly affiliations
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)
Public and Civic roles
- Director, Fern Court (Tolworth) Limited Management Company
Publications
Modified PSYCHE NMR - the possibility for the direct semi-quantitation of components in mixtures
Durrant, Arija, Peron, Jean Marie R., Langat, Moses K., Robertson, Cameron and Le Gresley, Adam, 2024, Talanta (268), 1, Published
In situ formation of low molecular weight organogelators for slick solidification
Peron, Jean Marie R., Packman, Hollie, Peveler, William J. and Bear, Joseph C., 2020, RSC Advances (10), 23pp 13369-13373, Published
Application of pure shift and diffusion NMR for the characterisation of crude and processed pyrolysis oil
Le Gresley, Adam, Broadberry, Grace, Robertson, Cameron, Peron, Jean Marie R., Robinson, Joshua and O'Leary, Shane, 2019, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (140)pp 281-289, Published
[sup]1H NMR quantification of spray dried and spray freeze-dried saccharide carriers in dry powder inhaler formulations
Babenko, Mai, Peron, Jean Marie R., Kaialy, Waseem, Calabrese, Gianpiero, Alany, Raid G. and ElShaer, Amr, 2019, International Journal of Pharmaceutics (564)pp 318-328, Published
A semi-automatic approach to the characterisation of dark chocolate by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and multivariate analysis
Le Gresley, Adam and Peron, Jean Marie R., 2019, Food Chemistry (275)pp 385-389, Published
HPLC & NMR-based forced degradation studies of ifosfamide: The potential of NMR in stability studies.
Salman, D., Peron, J. M.R., Goronga, T., Barton, S., Swinden, J. and Nabhani-Gebara, S., 2016, Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises (74), 2pp 119-128, Published
Evaluation of the stability profile of anticancer drugs: a review of Ifosfamide and Mesna regimen for the treatment of metastatic soft tissue sarcoma
Salman, Dahlia, Swinden, Julian, Barton, Stephen, Peron, Jean Marie R. and Nabhani-Gebara, Shereen, 2016, Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice (22), 1pp 86-91, Published
New investigations into the stability of Mesna using LC-MS/MS and NMR
Salman, Dahlia, Swinden, Julian, Peron, Jean Marie R., Barton, Stephen and Nabhani-Gebara, Shereen, 2016, Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy (16), 1pp 123-130, Published
Improving drug stability to promote home cancer therapy
Peron, Jean-Marie R., Nabhani-Gebara, Shereen, Salman, Dahlia, Swinden, Julian and Barton, Stephen, 2014, Hospital Pharmacy Europe, 72pp 38-40, Published
Selective inhibition of the cellular sodium pump by emicymarin and 14ss anhydroxy bufadienolides
Hilton, Philip J., McKinnon, William, Gravett, Edward C., Peron, Jean Marie R., Frampton, Christopher M., Nicholls, M. Gary and Lord, Gwyn, 2010, Steroids (75), 13-14pp 1137-1145, Published
Elevation of anions in exercise-induced acidosis: a study by ion-exchange chromatography/mass spectrometry
McKinnon, William, Pentecost, C., Lord, Gwyn A., Forni, Lui G., Peron, Jean Marie and Hilton, Philip J., 2008, Biomedical Chromatography (22), 3pp 301-305, Published
Unexplained acidosis of malnutrition: a study by ion-exchange chromatography/mass spectrometry
Hilton, P. J., McKinnon, W., Lord, G. A., Peron, J. M.R. and Forni, L. G., 2006, Biomedical Chromatography (20), 12pp 1386-1389, Published
A rapid LC-MS method for determination of plasma anion profiles of acidotic patients
McKinnon, William, Lord, Gwyn A., Forni, Lui G., Peron, Jean Marie R. and Hilton, Philip J., 2006, Journal of Chromatography B (833), 2pp 179-185, Published
Synthesis and anthelmintic properties of arylquinolines with activity against drug-resistant nematodes
Rossiter, Sharon, Péron, Jean Marie, Whitfield, Philip J. and Jones, Keith, 2005, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters (15), 21pp 4806-4808, Published
Circulating anions usually associated with the Krebs cycle in patients with metabolic acidosis
Forni, Lui G., McKinnon, William, Lord, Gwyn A., Treacher, David F., Peron, Jean Marie R. and Hilton, Philip J., 2005, Critical Care (Online) (9), 5, Published
P-440: Differential inhibition of Na-K ATPases by synthetic 14 [beta] bufadienolides
Hilton, Philip J., McKinnon, W., Jones, Keith, Peron, Jean-Marie, Gravett, Edward C. and Lord, Gwyn A, 2005, American Journal of Hypertension (18), 5, Published
A new route to 5-aryl and 5-heteroaryl-2-pyrones via Suzuki coupling of a 2-pyrone-5-boronate ester
Gravett, Edward C., Hilton, Philip J., Jones, Keith and Péron, Jean Marie, 2003, Synlett (2)pp 0253-0255, Published
Quantification and identification of compounds by qNMR and a quantitative PSYCHE NMR method
Durrant, Arija, Peron, Jean-Marie R, Le Gresley, Adam and Langat, Moses K(2023). [Published]
Identification and quantification of isolated medicinal compounds by PSYCHE NMR and DOSY NMR
Durrant, Arija, Peron, Jean-Marie, Le Gresley, Adam and Langat, Moses(2022). [Published]
Ambulatory chemotherapy: the bench to bedside
Salman, Dahlia, Barton, Stephen, Swinden, Julian, Peron, Jean-Marie, Wertheim, David, Kayyali, Reem and Nabhani-Gebara, Shereen(2015). [Published]
The potential of NMR in oncology pharmacy: a forced degradation study of Ifosfamide
Salman, D., Peron, J.M., Goronga, T., Swinden, J., Barton, S. and Nabhani-Gebara, S.(2014). [Published]
Evaluation of the stability of Ifosfamide and Mesna in elastomeric pumps: bench to bedside
Swinden, Julian, Barton, Stephen, Peron, Jean-Marie, Nabhani-Gebara, Shereen and Salman, Dahlia(2014). [Published]
Evaluation of the solubility and stability of ifosfamide in order to answer practice based challenges
Salman, Dahlia, Swinden, Julian, Peron, Jean-Marie, Barton, Stephen and Nabhani-Gebara, Shereen(2013). [Published]
Optimising home chemotherapy through analytical research: the physicochemical stability of Mesna using LC-MS/MS and NMR
Salman, Dahlia, Swinden, Julian, Peron, Jean-Marie, Barton, Stephen and Nabhani-Gebara, Shereen(2013). [Published]
Optimization and uncertainty budgets of externally standardised NMR assays
Fardus, Fahmina, Warren, John, Le Gresley, Adam and Peron, Jean-Marie(2011). [Published]
Gallery of work
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2020 RSC Organic Division, London and South East Regional Meeting
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2020 RSC Organic Division, London and South East Regional Meeting
Speakers and organising committee
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Arija Durrant and her poster at NMR Ampere Conference 2022, Poland
Arija presented her recent work on PSYCHE NMR (a pure shift NMR technique) as a quantitative 1H NMR technique.
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Arija Durrant and her poster at EuroMar 2023, UK
Arija presented an update of her PhD work on PSYCHE NMR as a semi-quantitative 1H NMR technique.
