2021 Sir Robert Price lecture

The CSIRO Alumni network, RACI and ATSE were proud to present the 2021 Sir Robert Price lecture.

The lecture series commemorates the achievements of Sir Robert Price who made significant contribution to the growth and development of chemistry in Australia, and to the development of public sector research.

The 2021 lecture was entitled, “The lithium battery: From a dream to domination of energy storage.”

Our speaker was M. Stanley Whittingham, Professor and Director, NECCES who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 for his significant contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries.

The event was hosted by Katherine Paroz, CSIRO Executive Director and Dr Adam Best, CSIRO Manufacturing.

The presentation was followed by an online Q&A session with Prof. Whittingham.