| Prof. Dr | Hak Soo | Choi | Harvard Medical School | United States | Photonic Therapeutics Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Yong-Xiao | Wang | Albany Medical College | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Daniel | Laskey | Mount Sinai Hospital | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Prof | Saeed | Amal | Northeastern University | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Makiko | Mitsunami | Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Fatemeh | Tajik | University of California Irvine Medical Center | United States | Cancer Biophotonics Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Sidra | Naz | University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Ms | Farzaneh | Rastegari | University of Connecticut | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Maria | Kokkori | Northwestern University | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Bangshuai | Han | Ball State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Pilgyu | Kang | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Prof | Carol | George | Mills College | United States | Advanced Sensors Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Tikaram | Neupane | University of North Carolina at Pembroke | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Janaina | Sena Boyce | UCSD | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Prof | Gamal | Ghoniem | University of California Irvine | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Juntae Jake | Son | Ball State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Amer | Harky | Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Haitham | Mahmoud | Birmingham City University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Mr | Xuchen | Guo | Nanjing Forestry University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |
| Dr | Ayoub H. | Jaafar | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | biophotonicsresearch.com |