| Prof | 杨红 | 夏 | 浙江大学 | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | 帕克扎木 | 努尔阿迪力 | 电子科技大学资环学院 | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Александра | Радушинская | Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет | Russia | Women Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Диана | Авдеева | Томский политехнический университет | Russia | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | yunge | zou | Chongqing University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Ms | Xianhui | Zong | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Sahar | Zinatloo-Ajabshir | University of Bonab | Iran | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Ms | Yuxun | Zhu | Jiangsu University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Wenbo | Zhou | University of Science and Technology of China | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Fulin | Zhou | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Alexander | Zhgun | Group of Fungal Genetic Engineering, Federal Research Center “Fundamentals of Biotechnology” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia | Russia | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Ziqiang | Zheng | Wuhan Polytechnic University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Michael | Zhdanov | University of Utah | United States | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Xinyi | Zhao | Technological University | Ireland | Young Scientist Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Lili | Zhao | Nantong University | China | Women Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Mr | Jingyuan | Zhao | University of California Davis | United States | Research Excellence Award | popularengineer.org |
| Dr | Mingjing | Zhang | Capital University of Economics and Business | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Ruixi | Zhang | Nagoya University | Japan | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Wenwu | Zhang | China Agricultural University | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |
| Prof | Kai | Zhang | Inner Mongolia University of Science & Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | popularengineer.org |