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| Assoc Prof Dr | Inga | Morkvėnaitė-Vilkončienė | Vilnius Gediminas Technical university | Lithuania | Engineering | Excellence in Scientific Innovation Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Ahmed | Abdel Fattah | Macao University of Tourism (UTM) | Macau | Social Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Chifundo Colleta | Zimba | C/O University of North Carolina | Malawi | Health Professions | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Mr. | Gibson | Kwenda | Malawi Adventist University, Lakeview Campus | Malawi | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Research Excellence Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr. | Norhayati | Ab Manaf | Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Develoment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu | Malaysia | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zhe | Liu | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mahiuddin | Alamgir | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) | Malaysia | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| KUMARAN | KADIRGAMA | UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG | Malaysia | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Sathiyaraj | Thambiayya | UCSI University | Malaysia | Mathematics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nurul Huda | Baharuddin | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Sydney T-Thy | Nguyen-Huynh | Taylor's University | Malaysia | Chemical Engineering | Women Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Noorshida | Mohd Ali | Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris | Malaysia | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Agus | Arsad | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | Chemical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Amatalraof | Abdullah alsharafi | UTM university , Malaysia | Malaysia | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Lai-Hock | Tey | Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman | Malaysia | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Indranil | Ghosh | Sunway university Malaysia | Malaysia | Mathematics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Muhammad Faiz | Aizamddin | PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd | Malaysia | Environmental Science | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr | Meghna | Gohain | Universiti Malaya | Malaysia | Dentistry | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |
| Dr | Saharuddin | Mohamad | Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya | Malaysia | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Best Researcher Award | popularscientist.com |