| Prof. Dr | Mark | Hamann | MUSC& Oxford Laboratories | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Youngji | Jo | UConn Health | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Gregory | Redding | University of Washington School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Kevin | Pak | UCLA | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Marlin | Touma | UCLA_David Geffen School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Mellar | Davis | Levine Cancer Institute | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Jihye | Kim | Colorado School of Mines | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | ROHITH | Haliyur Shivanna | Icahn School of Medice at Mount Sinai | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Bernard | Jackson | Departement of Astronomy and Astrophysics / University of California, San Diego | United States | Outstanding Scientist Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Mr | Kuang-Wei | Wang | Michigan State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Sadikshya | Bhandari | Danbury Hospital | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Prof | Caroline | Wagner | Ohio State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Vladislav | Yakovlev | Texas A&M University | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Mrs | Liliam | Etienne | City University of New York | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Mr | Mohammed | Kanani | University of Washington School of Medicine | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Bethelhem | Belachew | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Richard | Reynolds | USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station | United States | Lifetime Achievement Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Subodh | Kumar | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
