Submit research papers now: The current call for proposals for the 22st Arnold Rikli Award for 2025 can now be downloaded (see below). Research papers can be submitted according to the advertised criteria until January 31, 2026. The independent jury will evaluate the papers and nominate the winner. The award of the 22st Arnold Rikli …
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Arnold Rikli Prize Award for the year 2023
The 2023 Arnold Rikli Prize winner is Prof Dr rer. nat. Martina Meinke from Charite University Medicine in Berlin. She was awarded the prize for groundbreaking new findings on the killing of germs on human skin using tissue-tolerant far-UVC radiation and its potential application in medicine. Prof Dr Martina Meinke’s research has produced significant results …
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Expert for research and education
Dr. Peter Bocionek was responsible for promoting research and educational programmes about the health impact of natural or artificially generated optical radiation on humans for the Jörg Wolff Foundation since its inception. Until shortly before his death, he coordinated the announcement and awarding of the Arnold Rikli Prize. It is thanks to his great knowledge …
The Arnold Rikli Award 2019
The winner of the Arnold Rikli Prize 2019 is Prof. Dr. Florian Gruber, Research Division for Biology and Pathobiology of the Skin. Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. The intended prize ceremony on the occasion of the International Symposium “Biologic Effects of Light“ in Homburg/Saar couldn’t be undertaken due to the corona pandemia and …
The Arnold Rikli Award Ceremony 2018
The prize ceremony for the 19th Arnold Rikli Award took place on the occasion of the International Symposium “Biologic Effects of Light” on June 7, 2019 in Homburg/Saar (Germany) The winner of the Arnold Rikli Award 2018 is Dr. Jolien Robijns, Limburg Clinical Research Program, Hasselt University, Hasselt (Belgium). The prize was awarded for her scientific work with the subject: “Photobiomodulation therapy for the prevention …
The previous Arnold Rikli Prize winners
The following scientists were awarded for their research with the Arnold Rikli Prize: 2023M. Meinke (Berlin, Germany)Effects of far UVC on micorbes, mucosa, wounds and skin ex vivo and on skin of volunteers 2019F. Gruber (Vienna, Austria) A novel role for NUPR1 in the keratinocyte stress response to UV oxidized phospholipids 2018J. Robijns (Hasselt, Belgium)Photobiomodulation therapy for …