| Dr | José | Pires | FEUP | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Farzin | Ghaemi | ferdowsi university of mashhad | Iran | Excellence Award (Any Scientific field) |
| Prof | Aires | Oliva-Teles | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Academic Brilliance Recognition Award |
| Prof. Dr | Ana | Couto | FCUP / CIIMAR | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | sahar | chebaane | Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Helena | Monteiro | Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto | Portugal | Young Scientist Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Hassan | Esmaeilzadeh | Environmental Sciences Research Institute | Iran | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Amal | Hentati | ENIG | Tunisia | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Richard | Gregory | East Tennessee State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Guofeng | Wu | East China Normal University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | OLUFISAYO | OJO | DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | South Africa | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof Dr | Lolo Wal | Marzan | Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chattogram-4331, Bangladesh | Bangladesh | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bala | Mohan | Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University | India | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Long | Yu | Dalian University of Technology | China | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Boyu | Liao | Dalian Maritime University | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lorenzo | Corgnati | CNR-ISMAR | Italy | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | rodrigo | ozorio | CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Inyeong | Kwon | Chonnam National University | South Korea | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chuan | Wang | China University of Petroleum (East China) | China | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Sarat | Mohapatra | Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC), Instituto Superior Técnico | Portugal | Best Researcher Award |