Martine Powell is a Professor at Griffith University and Founding Director of the Centre for Investigative Interviewing. She is a world-leading expert on people’s memory of events – with a particular focus on vulnerable populations such children and adults with communication impairment. Martine has adopted a constructive and innovative approach to her research work, integrating current scientific methods and her background in education and clinical psychology. Her outputs are extensive - she has produced more than 350 peer-reviewed publications, supervised over 35 doctoral/PhD students, and has been an investigator on numerous competitive research grants (> 10M). The influence of Martine’s research has been recognised by several lifetime career awards, including elected Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. The widespread dissemination of Martine’s work has sparked a global revolution in interviewer training, with industry partners spanning a range of disciplines and countries.