Martin Hoffmann received his Ph.D. degree from Technische Universität Dortmund in 1996. After years of both academic and industry experience, he joined Technische Universität Ilmenau and took over as Chair of Micromechanical Systems. In 2017, he moved to Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he currently serves as the Chair of Microsystem Technologies. His key areas of interest are actuators and the use of micromechanics as a basis for passive sensor systems.