Great Lakes Crystal Technologies

Our mission is to become the leading provider of high performance diamond materials for advanced applications in electronics and quantum technologies.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Semiconductors
  • Location East Lansing, MI, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded August 2019
  • Employees 5
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website glcrystal.com

Company Summary

GLCT started in 2019 as a Michigan C-corps with a mission to become the leading source of semiconductor-grade diamond materials. Its 2 co-founders are a post-silicon semiconductor materials commercialization expert and a Michigan State University (MSU) professor who leads MSU's world-class diamond materials and device effort. GLCT’s product plan is materials centric yet vertical integration potential into diamond based sensors and devices exists.

Team

  • Keith Evans

  • Paul Quayle
    Chief Scientist & Director of Operations

    Dr. Quayle leads GLCT’s diamond synthesis efforts and is the PI on multiple federal funding grants. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Grotjohn’s laboratory at MSU before joining GLCT. He gained three years of experience as a research scientist in an industrial semiconductor R&D company after completing graduate school. Paul received his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from Case Western Reserve University.

Advisors

  • Tim Grotjohn
    Unconfirmed
    Jeff Wesley
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Red Cedar Ventures
    Unconfirmed

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