Simon Smart

Software Developer in the Department of Population Health Sciences at University of Leicester

Simon Smart is a software developer in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Leicester, UK. He has a background in plant and agricultural science and began developing Shiny apps in 2018, originally for forecasting yield in tomato and potato crops. He developed the shinyscholar package for creating reproducible Shiny apps and has applied it to create Disagapp for epidemiological modelling and refactor MetaInsight for network meta-analysis. He strives to create flexible, robust and reproducible apps using modern workflows that break down barriers for performing complex analyses.