Dr. Martin Felle
Martin is a quantum technologies professional with PhD and 10+ years’ experience in quantum technology research, business consulting, and product management. Beginning as a quantum optics researcher at the University of Cambridge, going on to lead real-world adoption of quantum information technologies.
Currently seeking opportunities in a dynamic international environment.
Contact
Email :
martin@felle.tech
Telephone : Shared on request
Location :
8045 Zurich, Switzerland
(for now)
LinkedIn :
linkedin.com/in/martinfelle
Google Scholar :
Dr. Martin Felle
Experience
Guest Research Engineer
ETH Zurich – Zurich, CH
June 2026 to September 2026
Research Project: ‘Boron Nitride and Graphene Nanoribbon Heterostructures and their Fluorescence’. Seeking to improve our understanding of how to grow single- and multi-layer h-BN deterministically, reliably and economically, in powerful future electronic and photonic devices for telecommunication, computing and sensing.
- Testing new recipes for growth, processing and characterisation of 2D material samples.
- Designing and implementing novel photonic characterisation & growth monitoring techniques. Particularly, for in-situ surface quality and morphology of single- and multiple-monolayer samples.
Sales Engineer, Optical Applications
Hamamatsu Photonics – Solothurn, CH
August 2023 to October 2024
- Coordinating more than 250 multi-year optical application projects.
- Managing end-to-end sales for Industry partners.
- Presenting and consulting on complex optical applications.
Product Manager, Quantum Sensing
ID Quantique SA – Geneva, CH
May 2021 to February 2023
- Enabling commercialization of IDQ’s quantum technology catalogue.
- Coordinating product development and Sales & Marketing activities in the QSensing catalogue.
- Preparing and delivering bi-monthly technical and educational workshops to internal and external stakeholders.
Consultant, Cyber Risk Services
Deloitte AG – Zurich, CH
April 2017 to March 2021
Core focus: Incident Response, IT Forensics, Business Continuity, and Privacy & Data Protection for multinational clients across manufacturing and financial services.
- Designing and operationalizing comprehensive security management policy frameworks, with IR playbooks, GDPR guidelines, and executive tabletop exercises, achieving enterprise-wide adoption at a global manufacturing firm.
- Project Management for cross-functional projects with multinational clients, from scoping through delivery.
Quantum Devices PhD Researcher
University of Cambridge & Toshiba Research Europe Ltd. – Cambridge, UK
October 2013 to March 2017
Research Project: ‘Telecom Wavelength Quantum Devices’ . Investigating novel light sources for long-haul quantum network applications.
- Growth, processing and device fabrication for experimental InAs/GaAs and InAs/InP III-V quantum dot entangled photon sources at telecom wavelengths.
- Design, automation and successful operation of quantum optics experiments, in particular a telecom-wavelength quantum teleporter.
- Dissemination of results at international conference presentations (Oxford 2014, Japan 2015, and China 2016), and publication of five peer-reviewed papers.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Electrical Engineering
University of Cambridge
September 2013 – December 2016
Master of Research (MRes), Photonic Systems Development
University of Cambridge and University College London
September 2012 – August 2013
Master of Physics (MPhys), Physics
University of Oxford
October 2008 – June 2012
Publications
A quantum light-emitting diode for the standard telecom window around 1,550 nm
T. Müller et al., Nature Communications 9:862 (2018) ·
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Telecom Wavelength Quantum Devices
M. Felle, PhD thesis (2017), University of Cambridge ·
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Quantum-Dot-Based Telecommunication-Wavelength Quantum Relay
J. Huwer et al., Physical Review Applied 8, 024007 (2017) ·
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Universal Growth Scheme for Quantum Dots with Low Fine-Structure Splitting at Various Emission Wavelengths
J. Skiba-Szymanska et al., Physical Review Applied 8, 014013 (2017) ·
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Projects
ID Quantique honoured by Laser World of Photonics 2022 Innovation Award
April 2022. ID Quantique was recognised in the Quantum Technologies category of the 2022 Laser Focus World Innovation Awards ·
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2022 Photonic Sensing Research Digest
September 2022. A digest of photonic sensing research from around the world, covering developments in quantum and photonic technologies ·
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Workshop: How to count – DIY single-photon counting
July 2022. A workshop exploring how to use LabVIEW with ID Quantique instrumentation to build and automate single-photon experiments ·
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Languages
English : Native
German : Advanced (B2)
French : Beginner (A2)
Spanish : Beginner (A1)
Skills
- III-V semiconductor device processing
- Quantum Information (QKD, entanglement-based systems)
- Optical design & experimentation
- AI, ML, Laboratory Automation
- Technical Communication, inc. five high-impact scientific publications
- Excellence in Project Management, through training and experience (PRINCE2, Scrum Master, ITIL)
- Business Development, supporting strategically important sales
- Programming and Data Analysis, including VBA and Python, for uses including automation of E-Discovery and analyses of 10+ TB datasets
- Technical tooling, e.g. Saviynt, Clearview (BCM), Encase, FTKimager, TreeSize (Forensics), Minereye, OneTrust DataGuidance (Privacy & Data Protection)
Interests
Running
Martin likes to run, sometimes towards things, other times away from things, and in Spring 2026 tackled his first full marathon.
Mixology and cuisine
Martin’s friends are regularly subjected to his cooking, baking and cocktail-mixing experiments, and sometimes they enjoy it.
Mountaineering
Martin enjoys a range of mountain activities, including skiing, fondue, hiking, raclette, climbing, and fondue.