Biography

Douglas Paul is Professor of Semiconductor Devices and holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies at the University of Glasgow. He is the Principal Investigator for the UK Hub for Quantum Enabled Position, Navigation and Timing and leads an EPSRC Programme Grant on Chip Scale Atomic Systems for a Quantum Navigator. Doug’s research uses micro-fabrication and nano-fabrication approaches to produce practical quantum technology systems for applications including position, navigation, timing, LiDAR, quantum imaging, memories, gravity imaging, sensing and secure communications. Doug is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a chartered physicist, a chartered engineer and a Senior Member of the IEEE. He was the recipient of the Institute of Physics President’s Medal in 2014. Doug was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 New Years Honours for services to quantum technology research.