| Dr | Dienifer | Horsth | UNICENTRO | Brazil | Optics | Near Infrared Spectroscopy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Javad | Maleki | Tarbiat Modares University | Iran | Optics | Solar Cells | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Rongxin | Fu | Beijing Institute of Technology | China | Optics | Biomedical optics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jing | Sun | Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Optics | Nanomaterials and medical laser spectrum detection technology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Zhen-Nan | Tian | Jilin University | China | Optics | Femtosecond laser micro-nano processing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Jiayu | Liu | China Building Materials Academy | China | Optics | Ceramics International | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yuan | Lu | China University of Petroleum-Beijing at Karamay | China | Optics | Photocatalyst | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Flavia | Chiosi | A.O.R.N. dei Colli - Monaldi Hospital | Italy | Optics | Department of Ophthalmology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Jinming | Zeng | Jiangxi University of Science and Technology | China | Optics | Electrochromism | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Shonak | Bansal | Chandigarh University | India | Optics | Photodetector | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yi-yang | He | Northeastern University, China | China | Optics | fiber optic sensor | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Xin | Tan | CIOMP | China | Optics | Advanced Spectral Technologies and Applications | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mykhailo | Chaika | Graphene Energy LTD | Poland | Optics | Laser materials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Michael | Gebreslasie | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Optics | Remote Sensing of Environment | | View Profile |
| Prof | Yan | He | Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University | China | Optics | single particle tracking | | View Profile |
| Dr | Hang | Zhang | Changsha University of Science and Technology College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering | China | Optics | Machine Vision | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| 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 |