| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hassan | Esmaeilzadeh | Environmental Sciences Research Institute | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Helena | Monteiro | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto | Portugal | Young Scientist Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Hoda | Khaledi | Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Hui | Zhao | Guangdong Ocean University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Igor | Shugan | National Sun-Yat sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Inusah | Salifu | University of Ghana | Ghana | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Inyeong | Kwon | Chonnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | İsmail | Altın | Karadeniz Technical University | Turkey | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | jai | kumar | SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTRE, ISRO | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jianguang | Qin | Flinders University | Australia | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | jixiang | Zhang | Zhejiang Ocean University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José | Pires | FEUP | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | José Amorim | Reis-Filho | Universidade Federal da Bahia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Julian | Ijumulana | University of Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Khalid | Essa | Cairo University | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kyaw Than | Oo | Nanjing University of Information of Science and Technology | Myanmar | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Lingyu | Sun | Hebei university of technology | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lolo Wal | Marzan | Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Long | Yu | Dalian University of Technology | China | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Lorenzo | Corgnati | CNR-ISMAR | Italy | Best Researcher Award |