Mollon was appointed as a lecturer at the
University of Cambridge in 1976, a position which he held until 1993. He was then a
Reader until 1998, at which point he became Professor of Visual Neuroscience. The President "is the elected senior representative of the College's Fellows and deputizes for the Master where necessary" He has previously served as the Chairman of the Colour Group of Great Britain; the Honorary Secretary of the Experimental Psychology Society; and the President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. He has been the President of the International Colour Vision Society since 2011. ==Awards and honors==