Professor Paul A. Bingham has over 25 years' experience in his field and has a strong international research and innovation group working primarily in glasses, ceramics, energy and waste management. Paul sits on many external and internal committees and panels; and he contributes to teaching in Materials Engineering.

Professor Paul A. Bingham gained a BEng (Hons) degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 1995. He then pursued PhD studies, also at the University of Sheffield, on the topic of glass science and technology, and was awarded his PhD in 2000. In 1999 Paul joined Glass Technology Services Ltd as a Glass Technologist, and was promoted to Senior Glass Technologist in 2002. In this role Paul carried out industrially-focused R&D and problem-solving, ranging from development of new environmentally-friendly glasses to forensic examination and glass plant production problems.

In 2004 Paul returned to academia, joining the Immobilisation Science Laboratory (ISL) at the University of Sheffield as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. In this role Paul worked on glasses and ceramics for the safe immobilisation of radioactive and toxic wastes, and also on energy-friendly materials development and waste management.

Paul joined Sheffield Hallam University in January 2012 as a Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering, and became a Reader in Materials Engineering in 2015 and Professor of Glasses and Ceramics in 2018. In 2019 Paul took on the role of Research Lead for the Department of Engineering and Mathematics, a role he held until 2021. Paul contributes to teaching of Materials Engineering, with specific focus on materials composition / structure / property relations; and glass and ceramics technologies.

Paul is a past Course Leader for Part-Time and Full-Time Materials Engineering degree courses (FdEng, BEng (Hons)) and led past successful re-accreditations of these courses by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).

To date Paul has published over 120 research papers, articles and patent applications in the fields of glasses; glass-ceramics; energy and the environment; waste management and nuclear and toxic waste treatment; advanced spectroscopy; and manufacturing technologies. He has co-edited and co-authored a book on the subject of low-energy, environmentally-friendly glasses and he has a strong track record in attracting research funding from bodies as diverse as UK Research Councils, Innovate UK, BEIS, European Union, US Department of Energy and industry. He currently holds a number of active research grants.

He is Director of Studies for several PhD students and line manages many postdoctoral researchers, visiting academics and interns. Paul is a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology and is Secretary of its Basic Science and Technology Committee. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is a reviewer for over 10 international journals, the US DoE Nuclear Energy Universities Programme and EU H2020 funding bids. He is also a Full College Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College.

Paul sits on several international and national committees. He is a member of the International Commission on Glass Technical Committee 5: Waste Vitrification and the RAL-ISIS Neutron User Committee. He was elected onto the Sector Decarbonisation Roadmap Committee for the ceramics industry, which directly advises the UK Government in this area. He is also a lead Academic Advisor to Glass Futures, which aims to develop a state-of-the-art training and R&D facility in glass. Paul also carries out a wide range of consultancy activities. He has consulted for the UK Government's Committee on Climate Change and for the ceramics, optoelectronics and glass industries. He also acts as an international expert witness and has worked with some of the world's largest and most well-known companies in his field.

He has organised multiple conferences and was Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the highly successful Centenary Conference of the Society of Glass Technology in 2016. He has given many Invited Presentations at international conferences, and actively engages with the international academic and industrial communities.

Specialist areas of interest:

- Materials Engineering;
- Energy;
- Environment;
- Glasses and Ceramics.