Reinhard Rieger-Award in Zoomorphology

The Reinhard Rieger-Award is given in memory of the zoologist Reinhard Rieger (1943 - 2006). The prize is awarded annually for outstanding research in the field of zoomorphology.

Its purpose is to recognize an outstanding research article from the entire spectrum of functional and evolutionary morphology in the animal kingdom. Preference will be given to studies that are convincing in their potential to elucidate changes in morphologies and functions in the broader ecomorphological and evolutionary framework.

The award was initiated by Prof. Dr. Wilfried Westheide in 2008.

The selection committee includes the chief executive editors of the two journals and one representative of the Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology at the Institute of Zoology (University of Innsbruck, Austria).

All papers published in or accepted by "Zoomorphology" will be evaluated by the selection committee.  Corresponding authors of price-winning manuscripts will be informed about the decision immediately after the selection has been made.

Present and past members of the international reviewing panel are: Rick Brusca (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, USA); Alan Hodgson (Rhodes University, South Africa); Julia Sigwart (Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt, Germany), Roland Melzer (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Germany); Daniel G. Blackburn (Trinity College Hartford, USA); Martin Vinther Sørensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), William M. Kier (University of North Carolina, USA), Elena N. Temereva (Moscow State University, Russia), Guenter Purschke (Universiy of Osnabrück, Germany), Carsten Lüter (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany), Steven Perry (University of Bonn, Germany), Annalisa Berta (San Diego State University, USA), Peter Michalik (University of Greifswald, Germany), Cheryl Wilga (University of Rhode Island Kingston, USA), Janice Voltzow (University of Scranton, USA), Fernando Pardos Martinez (University of Madrid, Spain), Rick Hochberg (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA), Katrine Worsaae (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Andreas Wanninger (University of Vienna, Austria), M.B. Thompson (University of Sydney, Australia), S. Tyler (University of Maine, USA), A. Haas (University of Hamburg, Germany), M.H. Wake (University of California/Berkley, USA), G. Giribet (Harvard University, USA), S. Harzsch (University of Greifswald, Germany), P. Wainwright (University of California/Davis, USA), J.M. Starck (University of Munich, Germany), T. Bartholomaeus (University of Bonn, Germany), M.S. Fischer (University of Jena, Germany), A. Goldschmid (University of Salzburg, Austria), R. Kristensen, (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), A. Minelli (University of Padova, Italy), W. Westheide (University of Osnabrück, Germany).

Inquiries about the submission should be addressed to: bert.hobmayer@uibk.ac.at, or to: peter.ladurner@uibk.ac.at

Award winners: