| 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 |
| 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 |