| Dr | Rodrigo | Bellezoni | Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Xavier | Estrella | EPFL | Ecuador | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Mery | Oliveira | Universidade Federal do Paraná | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | HAnnetz | roschzttardtz | Pontificia Universidad CAtólica de chile | Chile | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Nora | Gray | Oregon Health & Science University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wei | Sun | Saginaw Valley State University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ali | Elashery | CURAL- University of Quebec at Chicoutimi | Canada | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Frank | Bove | ATSDR/CDC | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | MohammadSadeq | Mottaqi | City University of New York | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Chunhui | Li | lawrence berkeley national laboratory | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Soumeya | Belabbas | University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anastasia | Kitsantas | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Kalidas | Mainali | Eastern regional research center, Wyndmoor, PA, USA | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Man Hin Eve | Chan | Technological And Higher Education Institute Of Hong Kong (Thei) | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Yi-Nan | Zhang | Scripps Research | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nischal | Oli | University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus | United States | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Sebastián | Valencia | Universidad Católica de Santa María | Peru | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Jaime | Gallardo-Alvarado | National Technological Institute of Mexico, Celaya Campus | Mexico | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Wander | Borges | Agronomic Institute - IAC | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Evandro | Teixeira | University of Brasilia | Brazil | Best Researcher Award |