Ewout Meijer has been active in forensic psychological research for 15 years. He obtained his PhD in 2008 from the Faculty of Psychology, Maastricht University, and has published about a variety of topics, including deception detection and investigative interviewing. He served as a research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2011-2012, and chaired the Forensic Psychology section at Maastricht University in 2015-2017.