Rate My Professor Paul Bingham

Professor Paul A. Bingham is the Professor of Glasses and Ceramics in the Department of Engineering and Mathematics at Sheffield Hallam University. He earned a BEng (Hons) degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 1995 and holds a PhD. With over 25 years of experience in materials science, he joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2012 as a Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering, was promoted to Reader in Materials Engineering in 2015, and appointed Professor in August 2018. He is a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology (FSGT), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PgCLTHE). In 2024, Professor Bingham was recognized as one of the world's most highly cited researchers in his field by Elsevier and Stanford University, placing him in the top 2% of global scientists.

His research lies at the interfaces of materials science, physics, energy, and the environment, specializing in glass, glass-ceramic, and ceramic materials for applications including climate change mitigation, future energy supply, environmental remediation, low-energy and low-carbon production processes, radioactive waste management, industrial symbiosis, and net-zero manufacturing technologies. He leads multiple research projects funded by diverse bodies, supervises PhD students, and maintains a strong international research group within the Materials and Engineering Research Institute's Ceramics and Glass group. Professor Bingham has published over 190 papers, accumulating more than 4,000 citations on ResearchGate and an h-index of 25 on Google Scholar. Notable publications include 'A new nanotechnology of fly ash inertization based on the use of silica gel extracted from rice husk ash and microwave treatment' (2014), 'Selective behaviour of dilute Fe3+ ions in silicate glasses: an Fe K-edge EXAFS and XANES study' (2014), 'Thermal conductivity of refractory glass fibres' (2016), 'CO3+1 network formation in ultra-high pressure carbonate liquids' (2019), and 'Neutron Diffraction and Raman Studies of the Incorporation of Sulfate in Silicate Glasses' (2020). He contributes to teaching FdEng, BEng (Hons), MEng, and MSc projects, serves as an external PhD examiner (UK and international), and is a member of the Society of Glass Technology Board of Fellows.