ROHLF MEDAL
The Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications was established in 2006 by the family and friends of F. James Rohlf to mark his 70th birthday. He has been a longtime Stony Brook University faculty member and is currently Emeritus Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, and Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology.
Recipients of the Rohlf Medal will be recognized for excellence in their sustained body of work on the development of new morphometric methods or for their applications in the biomedical sciences, including evolutionary biology, population biology, physical anthropology, and medicine.
The first presentation of the Rohlf Medal was made to Fred L. Bookstein on Monday, October 24, 2011 (title: “Biology and Mathematical Imagination: the Meaning of Morphometrics”). The 2013 recipient was Paul O'Higgins. The presentation was made on October 24, 2013 (title: “The measure of things: pattern, process and morphometry”). The 2015 recipient was Benedikt Hallgrímsson. It was presented on October 26, 2015 (title: “Morphometrics and the Middle-Out Approach to Complex Traits”). The 2017 recipient was Dennis Slice (title: "An Unexpected Journey: A Curious Career in Shape Analysis") and for 2019 it was Dean Adams (title: "Morphometrics, Macroevolution, and an Effect Size Measure for Multivariate Data". The 2021 recipient was Joan Richtsmeier (title: “Morphology as Mechanism”). The next award will occur on or about October 24, 2023. More information about the awards including photos and links to the videos of the lectures are found below.
Nominations for the 2023 award can be submitted here - after March 15, 2023. Nominations consist of a letter making the case for the nominee for the 2023 awardee and do not need to include a full package of reprints and letters of recommendation as in prior years. Once the candidate has agreed to be nominated, the chair of the selection committee will ask the candidate to submit a statement of their work and future plans, PDFs of up to five papers, and the names and contact information for two potential references. Further details can be found in the Call for Nominiations.
Donations to support the Rohlf Medal fund can be made securely through the Stony Brook Foundation website (use the search feature of the form to search for "RohlfMedal"). Thank you for your support!
 The first presentation of the Rohlf Medal was made to Fred L. Bookstein (University of Vienna and Washington University) on October 24, 2011 at Stony Brook
University. The title of his lecture was "Biology and Mathematical Imagination: the
Meaning of Morphometrics". A video of the lecture is available here. Link to 2011 photos |
 The second presentation was made to Paul O'Higgins (Head, Centre for Anatomical and Human Sciences, Hull York Medical School, England)
on October 24, 2013. The title of his lecture was "The measure of things: pattern,
process and morphometry". A video of the lecture is available here. Link to 2013 photos |
 The 2015 recipient was Benedikt Hallgrímsson. The title of his presentation on October 26th was "Morphometrics and the Middle-Out
Approach to Complex Traits". A video of the lecture is available here. Link to 2015 photos |
 The fourth presentation was made to Dennis Slice (Florida State University) on October 24, 2017. The title of his lecture was "An
Unexpected Journey: A Curious Career in Shape Analysis". A video of the lecture is
available here. Link to 2017 photos |
 The 2019 presentation was made to Dean C. Adams (Iowa State University) on October 24, 2019. The title of his lecture was "Morphometrics,
Macroevolution, and an Effect Size Measure for Multivariate Data". A video of the
lecture is available here. Link to 2019 photos |
 The 2021 presentation was made to Joan T. Richtsmeier (Pennsylvania State University) on October 25, 2021. The title of her lecture was
"Morphology as Mechanism". A video of the lecture is available here. Link to 2021 photos |
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The 2023 presentation is scheduled for on or about October 24, 2023. |
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