Martin Schmitz is a research group leader and lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at Saarland University and an affiliated researcher at the University of Copenhagen. Previously, he held positions as research group leader at the Telecooperation Lab at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He was also an affiliated researcher at the University of Glasgow. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Darmstadt.

His research investigates wearable and mobile robotics, touch and haptic interfaces, functional 3D printing, and augmented and virtual reality. His work was recognized with best paper awards at CHI, the premier A* venue in HCI. He is serving as co-chair and member of program committees for major international conferences, such as UIST and CHI.