Jon May
Professor Of Psychology at University of Plymouth
Greater Plymouth Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJon May is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth with over three decades of academic and applied experience spanning cognition, emotion, imagery, motivation, behaviour change, and human–computer interaction. He combines rigorous quantitative and qualitative research methods with a strong commitment to open science, and is an experienced user of R (notably tidyverse and ggplot) for reproducible data analysis and visualization. His career includes roles from human factors consultancy and clinical research to senior academic leadership, reflecting a rare blend of applied and theoretical perspectives. Jon has contributed to professional practice as an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and trained at the University of Exeter (BSc, PhD), grounding his work in solid methodological foundations. Colleagues value his ability to translate experimental insights into practical interventions and interface design recommendations. Despite a long academic tenure, he remains hands-on with modern data workflows and transparent research practices.
9 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc PhD, Psychology, BSc PhD, Psychology at University of ExeterUniversity of Plymouth
English, German, Swedish, cymraeg, French
Github Skills (16)
r-package9
knitr8
bookdown7
rmarkdown7
reproducible-research7
svd6
lda5
python4
machine-learning3
neuroscience3
data-science3
psychology3
java2
scala2
evaluation2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jon-may/GettingResultsinR
Jul 2017 - Feb 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 8 months
jon-may/inthedancersmind
Mar 2017 - Oct 2022
Contributions:2 PRs, 34 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 7 months
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