Professor Fred Paas is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia.  He has been using the theoretical framework of cognitive load theory to investigate the instructional control of cognitive load in the training of complex cognitive tasks. His recent research interests include the role of physical activities (e.g., gestures and exercise) in cognition and learning, and the effects of AI use on cognition and learning. He is editor-in-chief of the journal Educational Psychology Review. In addition, he is part of the editorial board of several other renowned journals, such as the Journal of Educational Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.