Schmidt is the most common name in German speaking countries. If you search the web you will find a whole lot of Markus Schmidts, ranging from soccer referees to TV-producers, IT scientists, welders, you name it. This is the website of Markus Schmidt the Austrian biosafety scientist. I am working in the area of risk assessment; technology assessment (TA) of novel bio-, nano- and  converging technologies such as Synthetic Biology; the interface between science, art and society; and last but not least film production and art-science exhibitions.

See: IDC and Biofaction