| Dr | Pengcheng | Huo | Nanjing University | China | Optics | Nanophotonics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yuanyuan | Li | Dalian Maritime University | China | Optics | Optical Image Processing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Weigang | Hou | School of Communication and Information Engineering, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | Optics | Optical sensing, communication and computing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Heng | Zhang | a: Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China； b: Shaanxi Institute of Metrology Science, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China； c: Key Laboratory of Metrological Optics and Application, State Administration for Market Regulation, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China | China | Optics | Optical Metrology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Libing | Zhou | Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Optics | Silicon-based optoelectronics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ajay | Kumar | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India | Optics | FIBER OPTICS | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Mingliang | Long | Shanghai Astronomical Observatory | China | Optics | laser ranging | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Muhammad | Ikram | Central South University | China | Optics | Magneto-optics | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jian | Yang | Northeast Normal University | China | Optics | luminescent materials | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Gehua | Wen | Shanxi University of Electronic Science and Technology | China | Optics | Uranyl coordination polymers | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Xiaokun | Wang | Changchun Institute of Optics,Fine Mechanicsand Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Optics | Temperature and thermal measurements | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yang | Wang | Institute of Process Engineering | China | Optics | Photocatalytic H2 production | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Nannan | Li | Shenzhen Technology University | China | Optics | Nanophotonics | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Xia | Tong | 山西白求恩医院(山西医学科学院) | China | Optical Physics | Biosensing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Md Tawabur | Rahman | Khulna University of Engineering & Technology | Bangladesh | Optical Physics | Materials and Sensor devices | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Giacomo | Zanetti | CNR IFN | Italy | Optical Physics | Flexible photonics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Sergey | Pokutnyi | Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry National Academy Sciebces of Ukraine | Ukraine | Optical Physics | Optical absorption on electron states of perovskites nanocrystals | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Jagavendra | Yadav | University of rajasthan,Jaipur,Rajasthan(India) | India | Optical Physics | CuInSe2 thin films | Excellence in Research | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Taj | Khan | National institute of lasers and optronics (NILOP) | Pakistan | Optical Physics | Laser light for materials | Top Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Sanaz | Alamdari | Semnan University | Iran | Optical Physics | Nanophotonic | Best Researcher Award | |