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| Assist. Prof. Dr | Sławomir | Wadyl | University of Warsaw, Faculty of Archaeology | Poland | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Andrew | Vyse | Pfizer UK Ltd | United Kingdom | Excellence in Research Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Mr | Ian | Vulcanescu | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | Research Excellence Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Ekaterina | Viteva | Medical University - Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Excellence in Research Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Mbonihankuye | Vincent | University of Burundi | Burundi | Research Excellence Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Jorge | Villafañe | Universidad Europea de Madrid | Italy | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Singanamalla | Vijayakumar | GRIET | India | Excellence in Innovation Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Ananta | Vashisth | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi | India | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Mr | MADHAV | VARSHNEY | Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, MP | India | Excellence in Forensic Chemistry Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Curtis | VanderSchaaf | Mississippi State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Shyam Saran | Vaish | Banaras Hindu University | India | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Muhammad | Umair | National Textile University | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Gulnar | Ultanbekova | Al-Farabi Kazakh National University | Kazakhstan | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Mr | Muneeb | Ullah | Pusan National University, Busan South Korea | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Hafeez | Ullah | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Excellence in Research Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Asaf Tolga | ÜLGEN | Şırnak University | Turkey | Research Excellence Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Dr | Prince | Ukaogo | Abia state University | Nigeria | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Aras | Turkoglu | Necmettin Erbakan Universitesi | Turkey | Best Researcher Award | forensicscientist.org |
