The Pollock Memorial Lecture

The Pollock Memorial Lectureship has been awarded about every four years since 1949 and is sponsored by the University of Sydney and the Society in memory of Professor J.A. Pollock, Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney (1899-1922) and a member of the Society for 35 years.

 Nominations for the 2019 award will close on 30 September 2019. A letter of nomination and the nominee's full curriculum vitae should be sent to the Awards Committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The medal will be presented at the Society's Annual Dinner.

The Pollock Memorial Lectureship 2017

 The Lectureship for 2017 will be awarded to Professor Andrea Morello FAPS FRSN.  He is Professor of Quantum Nanosystems at the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW.

Professor Morello is an internationally recognised leader in quantum science and technology. He has invented and demonstrated all of the fundamental building blocks of a silicon quantum computer, laying the foundations for its practical manufacturing. 

Year & Lecturer	Year & Lecturer
1949    T.M. Cherry 1952    H.S.W. Massey 1955    R. vd R. Woolley 1959    Sir Harold Jeffreys 1962    F. Hoyle 1965    F. Seitz 1969    A.R. Sandage 1972    L. Schwartz 1975    J.T. Wilson 1978    R.N. Bracewell	1981    E.E. Salpeter 1984    R.S. Pease 1995    D. Mills 2001    M. Bilek 2006    B. Josephson 2009    B. Schmidt 2013    M. Simmons 2017    A. Morello