| Dr | Nazanin | Zounemat-Kermani | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Michael | Zitzmann | University of Muenster | Germany | Best Paper Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Hua | Zhu | Beijing Cancer Hospital & Institute, Peking University. | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Xuejin | Zhu | Wuxi University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Lv | Zhou | Guilin University of Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Shuang | Zhao | Chongqing University of Science & Technology | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Jingfang | Zhang | Beijing University of Chinese Medicine | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yunde | Zhang | 江南大学 | China | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yunxia | Yang | Gannan Normal University | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Haochen | Xu | Luxun Academy of Fine Arts | China | Best Research Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zongchang | Xu | Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Zhang | Xiaoming | National Institutes for Food and Drug Control | China | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mingming | Wu | TUM | Germany | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yingying | WU | Institute of Edible Fungi/ Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences | China | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Steven Collins | WOUAMBA NJONTE | Université Bourgogne Europe | France | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Maxwell | Wilder | University of Minnesota Duluth | United States | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | CYVEEN | WEERARATNA | ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL | Australia | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Marius | Wanko Nembot | University of Liege | Belgium | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Meng | Wang | Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany | Germany | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Jin-Song | von Storch | Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology | Germany | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |