| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yankai | Wen | Shenyang University of Technology | China | Experimental Physics | constitutive modelling | Research Excellence 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 |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Yasser | Ismail | Islamic University in Madinah, Saudi | Saudi Arabia | Optical Physics | Third Generation of Solar Cells | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yassine | Laamari | UCAM | Morocco | Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy | drug discovery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Yen Chin | Koay | The University of Sydney | Australia | Molecular Physics | Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yi | Yang | Sichuan University of Science and Engineering | China | Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy | Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Yi | Shen | Zhejiang University of Technology | China | Atomic Physics | atomic level nanomaterial synthesis and application | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yi-yang | He | Northeastern University, China | China | Optics | fiber optic sensor | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Yidong | Tan | Tsinghua University | China | Optical Physics | Laser Metrology and Measurement | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yifeng | Hu | Jiangsu University of Technology | China | Solid-State Physics | Two-dimensional semiconductors | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yihao | Cheng | Jilin University | China | Condensed Matter Physics | Sodium-ion Batteries, Vanadium Oxide Electrode Materials, Electrochemical Energy Storage | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ying Wa | Chan | Hong Kong Observatory | Hong Kong | Molecular Physics | Atmospheric motion and cloud electrification | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yogendra | Yadawa | RGIPT JAIS AMETHI | India | Atomic Physics | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Yonas Etafa | Tasisa | Indian institute of technology Indore and Wollega university | Ethiopia | Condensed Matter Physics | Materials science | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Prof | YONG | YAO | Yong Yao，professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen | China | Laser Physics | fiber laser | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Yong Kyun | RYU (YOU) | Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology | South Korea | Others | Bioengineering | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Yongfu | Liang | Zhengzhou University of Light Industry | China | Optical Physics | fluorescence | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Yongzhen | LIU | Tsinghua University | China | Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics | Aerothermodynamics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yonko | Stoynov | Technical University of Sofia | Bulgaria | Mathematical Physics | Computational nanomechanics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Yoonho | Lee | Mokpo National Maritime University | South Korea | Molecular Physics | Hydrogen, process design | Best Researcher Award | |