| Prof. Dr | Luminita | Paraoan | Manchester Metropolitan University | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Kimberly | Gilmour | Great Ormond Street Hospital | United Kingdom | Women Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Sakarie Mustafe | Hidig | Zhejiang University School of Medicine | United Kingdom | Research Excellence Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Sajad | Hassanzadeh | Mayo clinic | United States | Editorial Board Member | |
| Dr | Amir-hossein | Akbari | USC | United States | Editorial Board Member | |
| Ms | Sunita | Pokhrel Bhattarai | Ohio State University | United States | Women Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Sooyun | Kim | Clinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital | United States | | |
| Dr | Ayrton | Bangolo | Hackensack University Medical Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Alessandra | Luchini | George Mason University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Sabyasachy | Mistry | US FDA | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | haijiao | zhang | Oregon Health & Science University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Weikuan | Gu | UTHSC | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Weili | Miao | Stanford | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Mrinal | Saha | University of Oklahoma | United States | Cell Biology Research Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Ramamurthy | Chitteti | University of California San diego | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof | Alma | Burlingame | UCSF | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Gary | Chan | SUNY Upstate Medical University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Boaz | Mohar | HHMI Janelia Reseach Campus | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Sabarinath | Neerukonda | US Food and Drug Administration | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Alexej | Abyzov | Mayo Clinic | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Jessica | Fleming | The Ohio State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof. Dr | JIN | WANG | University of Chinese Academy of Science | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Dr | Elijah | Stommel | Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Raul | Valenzuela | MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |
| Prof. Dr | James | Schopf | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | Best Researcher Award | cellbiologist.org |