| Dr | Anastasia | Kitsantas | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Britta | Hale | NPS | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Wissam | Mounzer | Stockholm University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Monika | Fleshner | University of Colorado Boulder | United States | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Soumeya | Belabbas | University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chunhui | Li | lawrence berkeley national laboratory | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | MohammadSadeq | Mottaqi | City University of New York | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Frank | Bove | ATSDR/CDC | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Marcella | Rocha | LAIS/UFRN | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Elashery | CURAL- University of Quebec at Chicoutimi | Canada | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wei | Sun | Saginaw Valley State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Anthony | Valverde | Tecnológico de Costa Rica | Costa Rica | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Nora | Gray | Oregon Health & Science University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | HAnnetz | roschzttardtz | Pontificia Universidad CAtólica de chile | Chile | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Mery | Oliveira | Universidade Federal do Paraná | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xavier | Estrella | EPFL | Ecuador | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Rodrigo | Bellezoni | Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Salvatore | De-Simone | Oswaldo Cruz Foundation | Brazil | Outstanding Scientist Award |
| Mrs | Cindy | Gonzalez | Florida International University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | CARLOS | RODRIGUEZ LUCATERO | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Cuajimalpa | Mexico | Best Researcher Award |