| Assist Prof Dr | Badreddine | SELLAMI | National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Sahar | Mehanna | National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF) | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Zhihong | Yang | National Institutes of Health | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Igor | Shugan | National Sun-Yat sen University | Taiwan | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mandla Vincent | Khumalo | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Guangming | Lu | Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmed | Gad | Niof | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Peter Teye | Busumprah | Ocean Rock Base and Ghana Ocean Climate Innovations Hub | Ghana | Young Scientist Award |
| Dr | Zhongchao | Zhao | Ocean University of China | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anderson José | Maraschin | PUCRS | Brazil | Excellence in Research |
| Prof. Dr | Alexander | Degtyarev | Saint-Petersburg State University | Russia | Best Paper Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Qian | LI | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Bhautik | Dave | Silesian University of Technology | Poland | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Faming | Wang | South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Chunpeng | He | Southeast University | China | Breakthrough Innovations Laureate Award |
| Dr | jai | kumar | SPACE APPLICATIONS CENTRE, ISRO | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nunzia | Limatola | Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Maha | Elhini | The British University in Egypt | Egypt | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Mahesh | Tapas | The Ohio State University | United States | Excellence in Research Award |
| Dr | Sukhendu | Dey | The University of Burdwan | India | Best Researcher Award |