Jon Binner
Professor
University of Birmingham
UK
Biography
Professor Jon Binner is a Professor of Metallurgy and Materials, at the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), the European Ceramic Society (ECerS), the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) and the Association for Microwave Power in Europe for Research and Education (Ampere). He was the President of the IOM3 from 2012-14 and is currently President-Elect of ECerS – he will be President from 2019 to 2021; right across the process of Brexit. The IOM3 awarded him the Holliday Prize in 1995, the Ivor Jenkins Medal in 2007 and the Verulam Medal & Prize in 2011. He won an MBDA Innovation Award in 2016.
Research Interest
The focus of his research is the generation of both the necessary scientific understanding and the required engineering solutions for the development of processing routes for materials