Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
MPharm Pharmacy
BSc Biopharmaceutical Science
BSc Cosmetic Science
MSc Drug Discovery and Development
Teaching and supervision
I teach modules on organic chemistry, thermodynamics, physical organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, rational drug design, and molecular modelling.
Research interests for potential research students
Synthetic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, rational drug design, and molecular modelling.
Publications
Article
Ng, Keng Tiong, Perry, John D., Marrs, Emma C.L., Orenga, Sylvain, Anderson, Rosaleen and Gray, Mark (2020) Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of Phosphonopeptide Derivatives Incorporating Single and Dual Inhibitors. Molecules, 25 (7). e1557. ISSN 1420-3049
Marrs, Emma C.L., Varadi, Linda, Bedernjak, Alexandre F., Day, Kathryn M., Gray, Mark, Jones, Amanda L., Cummings, Stephen P., Anderson, Rosaleen and Perry, John D. (2020) Phosphonopeptides Revisited, in an Era of Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance. Molecules, 25 (6). e1445. ISSN 1420-3049
Kondacs, Laszlo A., Orenga, Sylvain, Anderson, Rosaleen, Marrs, Emma C.L., Perry, John D. and Gray, Mark (2020) C-Terminal 1-Aminoethyltetrazole-Containing Oligopeptides as Novel Alanine Racemase Inhibitors. Molecules, 25 (6). e1315. ISSN 1420-3049
Bedernjak, Alexandre, Groundwater, Paul, Gray, Mark, Orenga, S, Perry, J D and Anderson, Rosaleen (2013) Synthesis and evaluation of halogenated nitrophenoxazinones as nitroreductase substrates for the detection of pathogenic bacteria. Tetrahedron, 69 (39). pp. 8456-8462. ISSN 0040-4020
Kottakota, Suresh, Benton, Matthew, Evangelopoulos, D, Guzman, J. D., Bhakta, S, McHugh, T. D., Groundwater, P. W., Gray, Mark, Marrs, E. C. L., Perry, J. D. and Harburn, J. J. (2012) Versatile Routes to Marine Sponge Metabolites through Benzylidene Rhodanines. Organic Letters, 14 (24). pp. 6310-6313. ISSN 1523-7060
Tindle, John, Gray, Mark, Warrender, Robert, Ginty, Kevin and Dawson, Peter (2012) Application Framework for Computational Chemistry (AFCC) applied to New Drug Discovery. International Journal of Grid and High-Performance Computing, 4 (2). pp. 46-62. ISSN 1938-0259
Kottakota, S K, Evangelopoulos, D, Alnimr, A, Bhakta, S, McHugh, T, Gray, Mark, Groundwater, Paul, Marrs, E C L, Perry, J D, Spilling, C D and Harburn, J J (2012) Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Purpurealidin E-Derived Marine Sponge Metabolites: Aplysamine-2, Aplyzanzine A, and Suberedamines A and B. Journal of Natural Products, 75 (6). pp. 1090-1101. ISSN 0163-3864
Varadi, Linda, Gray, Mark, Groundwater, Paul, Hall, Andrew, James, Arthur L, Orenga, Sylvain, Perry, John D and Anderson, Rosaleen (2012) Synthesis and evaluation of fluorogenic 2-amino-1,8-naphthyridine derivatives for the detection of bacteria. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 10 (13). pp. 2578-2589. ISSN 1477-0520
Zhu, Lei, Shabbir, Shagufta H., Gray, Mark, Lynch, Vincent M., Sorey, Steven and Anslyn, Eric V. (2006) A Structural Investigation of the N−B Interaction in an o-(N,N-Dialkylaminomethyl)arylboronate System. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 128 (4). pp. 1222-1232. ISSN 0002-7863
Wallace, Karl J., Gray, Mark, Zhong, Zhenlin, Lynch, Vincent M. and Anslyn, Eric V. (2005) An artificial siderophore for the detection of iron(iii). Dalton Transactions (14). p. 2436. ISSN 1477-9226
Carroll, Joseph, Gray, Mark, Bardon, Kevin, Nakade, Hiroshi and Rotello, Vincent (2004) Multivalent Recognition of Flavin Derivatives Using Polymer Scaffolds. Letters in Organic Chemistry, 1 (3). pp. 227-230. ISSN 1570-1786
Carroll, Joseph B., Gray, Mark, Cooke, Graeme and Rotello, Vincent M. (2004) Proton transfer versus redox modulation in thiourea-phenanthrenequinone molecular and polymeric complexes. Chemical Communcations (4). pp. 442-443. ISSN 1359-7345
Gray, Mark, Piatek, A and Anslyn, E V (2004) Guanidinium Groups Act as General-Acid Catalysts in Phosphoryl Transfer Reactions: A Two-Proton Inventory on a Model System. J Am Chem Soc, 126 (32). pp. 9878-9879. ISSN 00027863
Gray, Mark, Goodman, A J, Carroll, J B and Bardon, K (2004) Model Systems for Flavoenzyme Activity: Interplay of Hydrogen Bonding and Aromatic Stacking in Cofactor Redox Modulation. Organic Letters, 6 (3). pp. 385-388. ISSN 1523-7060
Carroll, Joseph B., Gray, Mark, McMenimen, Kathryn A., Hamilton, Darren G. and Rotello, Vincent M. (2003) Redox Modulation of Benzene Triimides and Diimides via Noncovalent Interactions. Organic Letters, 5 (18). pp. 3177-3180. ISSN 1523-7060
Gray, Mark, Cuello, A O, Cooke, G and Rotello, V (2003) Hydrogen Bonding in Redox-Modulated Molecular Recognition. An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation. J Am Chem Soc, 125 (26). pp. 7882-7888. ISSN 00027863
Thibault, Raymond J., Hotchkiss, Peter J., Gray, Mark and Rotello, Vincent M. (2003) Thermally Reversible Formation of Microspheres through Non-Covalent Polymer Cross-Linking. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 125 (37). pp. 11249-11252. ISSN 0002-7863
Gray, Mark, Legrand, Y, Cooke, G and Rotello, V (2003) Model Systems for Flavoenzyme Activity: Relationships between Cofactor Structure, Binding and Redox Properties. J Am Chem Soc, 125 (51). pp. 15789-15795. ISSN 00027863
Thibault, Raymond J., Galow, Trent H., Turnberg, Erik J., Gray, Mark, Hotchkiss, Peter J. and Rotello, Vincent M. (2002) Specific Interactions of Complementary Mono- and Multivalent Guests with Recognition-Induced Polymersomes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 124 (51). pp. 15249-15254. ISSN 0002-7863
Boal, Andrew K., Das, Kanad, Gray, Mark and Rotello, Vincent M. (2002) Monolayer Exchange Chemistry of γ-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles. Chemistry of Materials, 14 (6). pp. 2628-2636. ISSN 0897-4756
Boal, Andrew K, Gray, Mark, Ilhan, Faysal, Clavier, Gilles M, Kapitzky, Laura and Rotello, Vincent M (2002) Bricks and mortar self-assembly of nanoparticles. Tetrahedron, 58 (4). pp. 765-770. ISSN 0040-4020
Cooke, Graeme, Augier de Cremiers, Hugues, Duclairoir, Florence M.A, Gray, Mark, Vaqueiro, Paz, Powell, Anthony V, Rosair, Georgina and Rotello, Vincent M (2001) The charge-transfer complexation of tetrathiafulvalene with paraquat and its oligomeric derivatives. Tetrahedron Letters, 42 (30). pp. 5089-5091. ISSN 0040-4039
Batsanov, Andrei S., Bryce, Martin R., Chesney, Antony, Howard, Judith A. K., John, Derek E., Moore, Adrian J., Wood, Clare L., Gershtenman, Hagit, Becker, James Y., Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Y., Ellern, Arkady, Bernstein, Joel, Perepichka, Igor F., Rotello, Vincent, Gray, Mark and Cuello, Alejandro O. (2001) Synthesis and crystal engineering of new halogenated tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) derivatives and their charge transfer complexes and radical ion salts. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 11 (9). pp. 2181-2191. ISSN 0959-9428
Perepichka, Dmitrii F., Bryce, Martin R., Batsanov, Andrei S., Howard, Judith A. K., Cuello, Alejandro O., Gray, Mark and Rotello, Vincent M. (2001) Trialkyltetrathiafulvalene−σ−Tetracyanoanthraquinodimethane (R3TTF−σ−TCNAQ) Diads: Synthesis, Intramolecular Charge-Transfer Properties, and X-ray Crystal Structure. The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 66 (13). pp. 4517-4524. ISSN 0022-3263
Ilhan, Faysal, Gray, Mark and Rotello, Vincent M. (2001) Reversible Side Chain Modification through Noncovalent Interactions. “Plug and Play” Polymers. Macromolecules, 34 (8). pp. 2597-2601. ISSN 0024-9297
Ilhan, Faysal, Galow, Trent H., Gray, Mark, Clavier, Gilles and Rotello, Vincent M. (2000) Giant Vesicle Formation through Self-Assembly of Complementary Random Copolymers. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 122 (24). pp. 5895-5896. ISSN 0002-7863
Ilhan, Faysal, Gray, Mark, Blanchette, Keven and Rotello, Vincent M. (1999) Control of Polymer Solution Structure via Intra- and Intermolecular Aromatic Stacking. Macromolecules, 32 (19). pp. 6159-6162. ISSN 0024-9297
Book Section
Tindle, John, Gray, Mark, Warrender, Robert, Ginty, Kevin and Dawson, Peter (2014) Further Development of an Application Framework for Computational Chemistry (AFCC) Applied to New Drug Discovery. In: Contemporary Advancements in Information Technology Development in Dynamic Environments. IGI Global, USA, pp. 92-210. ISBN 1466662522
Gray, Mark and Harburn, James (2011) Dynamic Covalent Chemistry in Fragment-based Drug Design. In: Encyclopedia of Supramolecular Chemistry. Taylor & Francis, pp. 1-9. ISBN 0-8247-5056-X
Kottakota, Suresh, Harburn, Jonathan, Guzman, J, Bhakta, S, Gray, Mark and Groundwater, Paul (2010) Synthesis of 20-N-methylpurpuramine E, an antitubercural metabolite from pseudoceratina sponge; paper no. b021. In: Proceedings of ECSOC-14, The Fourteenth International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Sciforum Electronic Conferences Series . MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, pp. 1-9. ISBN 3-906980-24-3
Conference or Workshop Item
Tattersall, Noah, Edwards, Connor, Cummerson, Emilie, Cooper, Callum, Stratford, James, Asally, Munehiro, Davenas, Corinne, Robyns, Audrey, Gray, Mark, Sagona, Antonia, Orenga, Sylvain and Karlikowska, Magdalena (2024) Development and preliminary evaluation of the CyteCount system for the detection of antimicrobial resistance. In: Letters in Applied Microbiology ECS Research Symposium 2024, 15 May 2024, University of the West of England, Bristol.
McMahon, Fiona, Dawson, Peter, Anderson, Rosaleen, Sattelle, Ben, Warrender, Robert and Gray, Mark (2015) Development of Functional Computational Workflow Methods for Quality Automated Molecular Modelling-based Drug Design. In: MGMS Young Modellers Forum 2015, 27 Nov 2015, Greenwich, London. (Submitted)
Kottakota, Suresh, Harburn, Jonathan, O'Shaughnessy, A, Gray, Mark, Konstantinidis, PK and Yakubu, Davis (2009) Synthesis of 5-bromoverongamine, an antibacterial dibromotyrosine metabolite from pseudoceratina sponge. In: The 13th International Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry - ECSOC-13, 1-30 Nov 2009, Basel, Switzerland.
Thibault, Raymond J., Gray, Mark, Galow, Trent H., Turnberg, Erik J., Hotchkiss, Peter J. and Rotello, Vincent M. (2002) Morphological control over recognition-induced polymersomes. In: Polymer Preprints Vol 43.
McCarthy, K, Prokofev, N, Rotello, Vincent M., Gray, Mark and Tuominen, MT (2002) Nanometer scale electromechanical devices: theory and experiment. In: American Physical Society Meeting Abstracts.
Thibault, Raymond J., Dreschler, U, Gray, Mark and Rotello, Vincent M. (2002) Recognition-induced formation of microspheres. In: Polymer Preprints Vol 43.
McCarthy, K, Gray, Mark, Krotov, R, Rotello, Vincent M. and Tuominen, MT (2001) Molecular recognition mediated self-assembly of a nanometer scale electron shuttle. In: American Physical Society Meeting Abstracts.
Clavier, Gilles M, Ilhan, Faysal, Galow, Trent H., Gray, Mark and Rotello, Vincent M. (2000) Control of polymer structure: organization by non-covalent interactions. In: Polymer Preprints Vol 42.
Patents
UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND (2024) WO2024189382 - WOUND DRESSING. WO/2024/189382.
BIOMÉRIEUX (2019) Antibacterial compound and use of same. WO/2019/058074.