Philip is a leading expert on light metals and advanced manufacturing processes. His research activities are focused on studying advanced thermomechanical processing and joining techniques for light alloys (mainly aluminium and titanium). He works with major aerospace companies and their supply chain partners and has published extensively with more than 200 papers. He was co-director of the EPSRC LATEST2 programme grant in ‘Light Alloys for Environmentally Sustainable Transport’. He is co-director of the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Metallic Materials with the University of Sheffield.