Jerome studied Biology at the Freie Universität Berlin with a focus on molecular and cellular biology from 2009 until 2014. He received the degree Master of Science with excellence in September of 2014. Since December 2014 Jerome is a member of the Knaus lab. His PhD project focuses on tissue crosstalk at the vertebrae neuromuscular junction (NMJ), in particular BMP signaling.

Jerome received a scholarship of the Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT, DFG Graduate School 203) and is member of the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR).