The Andrews Lectureship at the University of New South Wales was conceived and developed by Professor Stephen Angyal and established with a generous contribution from Dr Andrew Ungar, after whom the series was named.Â
Through the very substantial support of his widow, Beryl Ungar, along with continuing efforts of Professor Angyal and contributions from chemists throughout Australia, it is now an endowed lectureship of the University of New South Wales Chemical Society.
The lectures began in 1960 to bring eminent lecturers to UNSW to deliver a series of talks.
In the early days four lectures were given, but given this became onerous it was reduced to three.
The lectures are delivered by distinguished visiting scientists on subjects in chemistry or biochemistry which bear some relation to biological activity.
Previous Andrews lecturers:
1960Â Â Â Â Ewart R. H. Jones, University of Oxford
1961Â Â Â Â Carl Djerassi, Stanford University
1962Â Â Â Â Franz Sondheimer, Weizmann Institute of Science
1964    Vlado Prelog, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich
1965Â Â Â Â William S. Johnson, Stanford University
1968Â Â Â Â Konrad E. Bloch, Harvard University
1970Â Â Â Â John W. Cornforth, Milstead Laboratory of Chemical Enzymology
1974Â Â Â Â Ernest Wenkert, Rice University
1975Â Â Â Â Alan R. Battersby, University of Cambridge
1976Â Â Â Â Sir Derek H. R. Barton, Imperial College of Science and Technology
1978Â Â Â Â Jerrold Meinwald, Cornell University
1979Â Â Â Â A. Ian Scott, Texas A and M University
1982Â Â Â Â Kenneth L. Rinehart Jr., University of Illinois
1984Â Â Â Â Heinz A. Staab, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
1985Â Â Â Â Ralph A. Raphael, University of Cambridge
1988Â Â Â Â Charles W. Rees, Imperial College of Science and Technology
1990    Dieter Seebach, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich
1992Â Â Â Â Teruaki Mukaiyama, Science University of Tokyo
1994    Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Université Louis Pasteur
1997Â Â Â Â Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Scripps Research Institute
2000    François Diederich, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich
2002Â Â Â Â Steven V. Ley, University of Cambridge
2004Â Â Â Â George Whitesides, Harvard University
2005Â Â Â Â Michael Paddon-Row, University of New South Wales
2009Â Â Â Â Samuel Stupp, Northwestern University
2011Â Â Â Â Ben Feringa, University of Groningen
2013Â Â Â Â Eric Jacobsen, Harvard University
2016Â Â Â Â Keiji Maruoka, Kyoto University
2018Â Â Â Â Margaret Brimble, University of Auckland