The Pollock Memorial Lectureship

The Pollock Memorial Lectureship has been awarded approximately 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 close on 30 September of each year in which an award is to be made. A letter of nomination and the nominee’s full curriculum vitae should be sent to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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

Pollock Memorial Lectureship 2017

The Pollock Memorial Lectureship for 2017 was awarded to Professor Andrea Morello FAPS FRSN, the Professor of Quantum Nanosystems inthe School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW Sydney. Professor Morello is an internationally recognised leader in quantum science and technology who has invented and demonstrated all of the fundamental building blocks of a silicon quantum computer, thereby laying the foundations for its practical manufacture.

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