Dr. Rui Paulo is a Professor in Psychology at Nova Southeastern University where he is also the Assistant Director for the Forensic Psychology Program.  

His research is focused on cognition and memory (particularly eyewitness memory) and investigative interviewing of crime witnesses, victims, and suspects. His work impacted international policy, practice, and training, namely with the methods he created to interview eyewitnesses and victims being adopted by national and international police forces.  Dr. Paulo also provided training to police forces, namely on using science-based methods for interviewing eyewitnesses during criminal investigations, and his research has been frequently covered by the media.   

He is actively engaged with the research community namely as an editor, reviewer, and author of several articles in peer-reviewed journals, handbooks, and books. Further, Dr. Paulo conducted psychological evaluations and provided expert testimony in Court and is registered as a Practitioner Forensic Psychologist by the Health and Care Professions Council (UK).

Dr. Paulo led undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Forensic Psychology and supervises postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and postgraduate students. He coordinated several research labs, themes, and clusters in the field of Forensic Psychology and is the Principal Investigator in externally funded interdisciplinary research projects. Currently, he leads the Forensic Cognition Lab at Nova Southeastern University and coordinates a research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust on how virtual reality can be used to enhance eyewitness memory and improve police investigations.