Paul Quayle

A distinguished scientist and researcher, Paul Connolly Quayle, PhD has excelled as the chief scientist at Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, which manufactures single-crystal diamond materials for a number of sectors. In his role since 2020, he has focused on increasing the maturity level of the aforementioned materials in order to maximize their capacity for technological application, building off his previous role for the company as director of crystal growth. Prior to joining Great Lakes Crystal Technologies, Dr. Quayle served as a research scientist at Kyma Technologies from 2016 to 2018 and as a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University from 2018 to 2020.

Dr. Quayle earned a Bachelor of Science in physics from John Carroll University in 2007 and a Doctor of Philosophy in condensed matter and materials physics from Case Western Reserve University in 2015. He was first enticed by science while working with tools and instruments in a research laboratory for his summer internship at John Carroll University. As a young boy, he enjoyed working with his hands to play around with models and train sets, so he saw laboratory work with implements and apparatus as a more sophisticated way to use his hands. A second pull toward the field happened during his sophomore year while he was measuring samples and came up with an unexpected result that baffled even his professor. It was that moment of new discovery when he realized his passion for research.

Nominated to Sigma Xi, Dr. Quayle has previously been involved with the Catholic Parish Outreach as a food bank volunteer from 2016 to 2018.  Looking ahead, Dr. Quayle hopes to watch Great Lakes Crystal Technologies capitalize on the abilities of their scientists in order to be an industry leader. As for his own plans, he plans to remain on the leading edge of research, but hopefully within a manufacturing wing of the company where he could run an advanced research and development laboratory.