| Dr | Lian-Wang | Guo | University of Virginia | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Arsalan | Heydarian | University of Virginia (UVA)/ civil and environmental engineering department | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ahmed | Albojamal | San Diego City College | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | vb | nm | Harbin Engineering University | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | John | White | University of California Los Angeles | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Mervyn | Maze | UCSF | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Abhay | Chavan | University of Oklahoma | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Nicole | Withrow | Kate Farms, Inc | United States | Distinguished Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Preeti | Nain | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Michael | Wang | UT MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mohamed | Eltantawy | The Pennsylvania State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dianne | Morrison-Beedy | The Ohio State University | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | ERIKA | MEERHOFF | Clemente Estable Biological Research Institute, Ministry of Education and Culture | Uruguay | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Ngoc Phuong Trang | Huynh | University of Economics – The University of Danang | Vietnam | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Rawdah | Whba | Taiz University & Inonu University | Yemen | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Denis | Musiige | The Copperbelt University | Zambia | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Achieford | Mhondera | University of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |