| Mr | Basim Abdullah | Al-Farsi | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | Optical Physics | optical materials, semiconductor materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Noureddine | Melikechi | University of Massachusetts Lowell | United States | Biophysics | Optical Medical Diagnosis-Liquid biospy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Laxman | Mandal | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | India | Optical Physics | Optical Metrology | Best Researcher Award | |
| 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 |
| Prof | Hiroyuki | Okada | University of Toyama | Japan | Quantum Optics | Optical physics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Monika | | Banaras Hindu University | India | Atomic Physics | Optical Physics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jinzeng | Wang | Shanxi Normal University | China | Optical Physics | Optical properties of Lanthanide contained compounds | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yasir | Iqbal | National University of Sciences and Technology | Pakistan | Optical Physics | Optical properties of Semiconductor materials | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Nadir | Abdullayev | Institute of Physics of the Ministry of Science and Education | Azerbaijan | Optical Physics | Optical properties, magnetotransport | 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 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yubin | Ding | Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy | Optical sensors | Young Scientist Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Chenchen | Zhou | Nanyang Technological University | China | Optical Physics | Optics Physics Applied in Material Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Donglin | Zu | Peking University | China | Optical Physics | Optics, Photonics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof Dr | Md | Jahirul Islam | Khulna University of Engineering & Technology | Bangladesh | Nonlinear Optics | Optics, Soliton | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Chao-Te | Lee | Taiwan Instrument Research Institute | Taiwan | Optics | Optics/Coating/semiconductor | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ji Hun | Kim | Seoul National University of Science and Technology | South Korea | Laser Physics | Optics/Laser micromachining and measurement | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Kumar Riddhiman | Sahoo | Jadavpur University | India | Solid-State Physics | Optoelectronic and Sensing | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Xiaojun | Li | University of South China | China | Optical Physics | Optoelectronic Devices; Ultrafast spectroscopy and carrier dynamics | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Assist Prof Dr | Kwangdong | Roh | Ewha Womans University | South Korea | Laser Physics | Optoelectronic materials | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Mohamed Gaber | Moustafa | Al-Azhar University, Egypt | Egypt | Optical Physics | Optoelectronic materials | Excellence in Research | |