| Dr | Lyndon Nii Adjiri | Sackey | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and | Ghana | Environmental Science | Waste Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Paula | Llanquileo Melgarejo | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Chile | Environmental Science | Waste Management / Circular Economy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Kuen-Song | Lin | Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Yuan Ze University | Taiwan | Environmental Science | Waste recycling/resource recovery/Nanotechnology/Environmental Catalysts/Surface Science/Green energy conservation & heat recovery/Green chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Simphiwe Gift | Nkuna | Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | Energy | Waste to energy | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Mr | Mojtaba | Ajorloo | UNSW | Australia | Energy | Waste to enrgy, gasification | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | humera | Aziz | Government College University Faisalabad Pakistan | Pakistan | Environmental Science | waste water Treatment | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Lakshay | Vashishtha | BVCOE NM | India | Chemical Engineering | Waste Water Treatment | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Dr | Ateeq | Rahman | University of Namibia | Namibia | Chemistry | Waste water treatment, Catalysis and Green Hydrogen | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sherif Ishola | Mustapha | University of Ilorin | Nigeria | Chemical Engineering | Wastewater Treatment | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Muhammad | Afzal | National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering | Pakistan | Environmental Science | Wastewater treatment | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Dr. Md. Jahangir | Alam | Dept. of Chemistry, Carmichael College, Rangpur | Bangladesh | Environmental Science | Water | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Yona | Chen | Hebrew Uniuversity of Jerusalem | Israel | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Water environmental chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Rayan | Kassem | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Environmental Science | Water footprint | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Walaa | Mohamed | NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER | Egypt | Environmental Science | Water microbiology | Best Researcher Award | bestpaperawards.com |
| Prof Dr | Heli | Siren | University of Helsinki | Finland | Chemistry | Water purification | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | SADEGH | PARTANI | University of Bojnord | Iran | Environmental Science | Water Quality | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Juan Carlos | Ortega-Bravo | Center for Water Management and Technologies, University of The Frontier | Chile | Environmental Science | Water recovery | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Leandro | Ávila | Simepar | Brazil | Engineering | Water Resources | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof Dr | Nadhir | Al-Ansari | Lulea University of Technology | Sweden | Engineering | Water Resources and Environment | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | John Jackson | Nsiah | Takoradi Technical University | Ghana | Engineering | Water resources and environmental engineering | Best Researcher Award | |