Dr Jean-Marie Peron

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 protected]

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About

I completed my PhD in medicinal chemistry in 2002, under Professor R C. Hider, King's College London. Following a few short research assignments, I joined Professor 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 University 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 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 – August 2026)

In the above role for the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CPS) I was responsible for ensuring staff in the department of CPS were booked and briefed for our in-house and online recruitment activities: open days, offer holder days.

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

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

Dr Jean-Marie Peron

About

Qualifications

Domains

Teaching and learning

Research

Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Leadership and management

Publications

Articles

Conference Items

Gallery of work

2020 RSC Organic Division, London and South East Regional Meeting

Arija Durrant and her poster at NMR Ampere Conference 2022, Poland

Arija Durrant and her poster at EuroMar 2023, UK

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