He has received national and international scientific awards including the 2015 President of the Republic Prize[1] in the category of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences.

Most of the new materials were discovered in the collections of the Museum System of the University of Florence, with its approximately fifty thousand specimens.

The Bindi is credited with the co-discovery of the first known natural quasicrystal, having identified a potential candidate from the mineral collection at the University of Florence.

[2] The discovery ultimately showed that quasicrystals can form spontaneously in nature and remain stable for geological times.

[11] La Repubblica reported that Professor Bindi said that it was only a provisional, unofficial document, which would have been discussed with all the members of the department in case he was elected.