| Prof. Dr | James | Schopf | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Alessandra | Luchini | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Frederick | Silver | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | United States | Breakthrough Research Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Flavia | Neto de Jesus | Texas A&M University | United States | Best Research Article Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Carlos | Cruchaga | Washington Univeristy | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Fani | Pantouli | Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Danyelle | Townsend | Medical University of South Carolina | United States | Women Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Alla | Mitrofanova | University of Miami | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Ambika | Verma | University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Kendell | German | University of Washington | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Yanlan | Wang | Stanford | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Ms | Haydee | Dabritz | Calif Dept of Public Health, Infant Botulism Treatment & Prevention Program. | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Nabil | Alshurafa | Northwestern University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Subodh | Kumar | Texas Tech Univesrity Health Sciences Center El Paso | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jørgen | Slots | University of Southern California | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Mr | An | Dai Tran | Walailak University | Vietnam | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |