| Prof. Dr | Helio | Lira | Universidade Federal de Campina Grande | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | HAnnetz | roschzttardtz | Pontificia Universidad CAtólica de chile | Chile | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | hanan | habbi | oakland university | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | GUSTAVO | Haddad Souza Vieira | IFES campus Santa Teresa | Brazil | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Geronimo | Quinonez-Barraza | Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP) | Mexico | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Frank | Bove | ATSDR/CDC | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Faheem | Reegu | Jizan university | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Faezeh | Bagheri | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Evandro | Teixeira | University of Brasilia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | ERNESTO | DE LA CRUZ NICOLÁS | CENIDET | Mexico | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Efrain | Noa Yarasca | Texas A&M Agrilife | United States | Excellence in Research |
| Prof. Dr | Deicy Carolina | Lozano | Universidad Nacional de Loja | Ecuador | Women Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | Decheng | Yang | University of British Columbia | Canada | Excellence in Research |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | David | Dean | The Ohio State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof. Dr | DARIO | RAMIREZ | CONICET-UNSL | Argentina | Excellence in Research |
| Prof. Dr | Dania | González Couret | Technological University of Havana | Cuba | Lifetime Achievement Award |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | constanza | Baquedano | Universidad del desarrollo | Chile | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Clement | Yedjou | Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Cindy | Gonzalez | Florida International University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chunhui | Li | lawrence berkeley national laboratory | United States | Best Researcher Award |