Martha is the head of the Applied R+D, a group pursing state of the art research in different fields from complex geometry to machine learning. She is a specialist in a wide range of areas including performance-driven design & optimisation, interfaces & interaction, design-to-production and fast feedback & integration. Her work incorporates the development of simulation tools and creation of integrated processes and physical interfaces. She has provided solutions for hundreds of projects since she joined in 2006. She is also an Associate Professor at UCL and has taught, lectured and published on the subject of computational design internationally.