The A.O. Kovalevsky Medal, awarded annually by the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists for extraordinary achievements in evolutionary developmental biology and comparative zoology, is named after the noted Russian embryologist Alexander Kovalevsky. Since 2002, only one medal has been awarded annually (excepting a joint award in 2014).

Recipients

*2021 Nipam Patel,

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

and Director of the

Marine Biological Laboratory The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is an international center for research and education in biological and environmental science. Founded in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, in 1888, the MBL is a private, nonprofit institution that was independent ...

(USA) *2020 Edward M. De Robertis, Department of Biological Chemistry,

University of California at Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

(USA) *2019

Mary E. Rice Mary Esther Rice (August 3, 1926 – April 29, 2021) was an American invertebrate zoologist specializing in systematics, evolution and the development of marine invertebrates. She worked at the Smithsonian Institution as a curator, educator, r ...

, Director of the

Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce The Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce is a research center that specializes in Floridian marine ecosystems and lifeforms. The research is focused mostly on the Indian River Lagoon and also on the offshore waters of Florida's central and eas ...

Florida, (USA) *2018 Andreas Hejnol, Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen (Norway) *2017 Vladimir Malakhov
Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow (Russia) *2016 Günter Wagner
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University, New Haven CT (USA) *2015 Frederik Nijhout
Department of Biology
Duke University, Durham NC (USA) *2014 Linda Zimmerman Holland and Nicholas Drew Holland (jointly), Marine Biology Research Division,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (sometimes referred to as SIO, Scripps Oceanography, or Scripps) in San Diego, California, US founded in 1903, is one of the oldest and largest centers for ocean and Earth science research, public servi ...

University of California at San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is th ...

(USA). *2013 Denis Duboule, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL),

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

(Switzerland) *2012 William R. Jeffery, Professor of Biology,

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the Flagship un ...

(USA) *2011 Detlev Arendt, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg (Germany). *2010 Shigeru Kuratani from the Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe (Japan) *2009 Mark Q. Martindale, Professor of Organismal Biology and Director of Kewalo Marine Laboratory,

University of Hawaii A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

(USA) *2008

Sean B. Carroll Sean B. Carroll (born September 17, 1960) is an American evolutionary developmental biologist, author, educator and executive producer. He is a distinguished university professor at the University of Maryland and professor emeritus of molecul ...

, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics,

University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

(USA) *2007 Michael Edwin Akam, Professor of Zoology and Director, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge (United Kingdom) *2006 Peter Holland, Department of Zoology, Oxford (United Kingdom) *2005 Noriyuki Satoh, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science,

Kyoto University , mottoeng = Freedom of academic culture , established = , type = Public (National) , endowment = ¥ 316 billion (2.4 billion USD) , faculty = 3,480 (Teaching Staff) , administrative_staff = 3,978 (Total Staff) , students = 22 ...

(Japan) *2004 Scott Gilbert, Howard A. Schneiderman Professor of Biology,

Swarthmore College Swarthmore College ( , ) is a private liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States. It was established as ...

(USA) *2003

Walter Jakob Gehring Walter Jakob Gehring (20 March 1939 – 29 May 2014) was a Swiss developmental biologist who was a professor at the Biozentrum Basel of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He obtained his PhD at the University of Zurich in 1965 and after two ...

, Professor, Biozentrum,

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universitie ...

(Switzerland) *2002 Eric H. Davidson, Norman Chandler Professor of Cell Biology.

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

, Pasadena (USA) The 2001 medal was awarded to *Donald Thomas Anderson (Australia), comparative anatomy and embryology * Gary Freeman (USA), Professor of Zoology University of Texas Austin, embryological grounds of animal evolution * Brian Hall (Canada), Professor of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada; synthesis of embryology and evolution * Olga Mikhailovna Ivanova-Kazas, Professor of St. Petersburg State University (Russia) *

Claus Nielsen Claus Illemann Nielsen (born 13 January 1964), known as Claus Nielsen, is a Danish former football player in the forward position. He spent the bulk of his career with Brøndby IF, but also played for the Greek club Panathinaikos and the Du ...

(Denmark), development of comparative morphology and phylogeny of multi-celled organisms * Rudolf Raff (USA), James H. Rudy Professor of Biology, at Indiana University, and the author of several books on embryology and evolution *

Rupert Riedl Rupert Riedl (22 February 1925 – 18 September 2005) was an Austrian zoologist. Biography Riedl was a scientist with broad interests, whose influence in epistemology grounded in evolutionary theory was notable, although less in English-speakin ...

(Austria), Professor of Zoology at the

Vienna University The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

, Austria * Klaus Sander (Germany), Professor of Zoology at

Freiburg University The University of Freiburg (colloquially german: Uni Freiburg), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (german: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg), is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemb ...

, Germany

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