The Liversidge Lecture for 2020 was awarded to Professor Richard Payne FRSN FRACI FRSC of the School of Chemistry of the University of Sydney. Professor Payne’s research focusses on the development of technologies for the chemical synthesis of therapeutic peptides and proteins. This honour is awarded every second year by The Royal Society of New South Wales on the recommendation of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI).

Further details of the Liversidge Lecture and its recipients over the past 90 years are available at the Royal Society of New South Wales website.