| Dr | Yeshui | Zhang | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Dr | Matt | Keith | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Mr | Edmund | Agyemang | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Dr | Martin | Gilar | Waters Corporation | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Dr | Ruoxuan | Sun | Takeda Pharmaceutical | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Prof | Sara | Horton-Deutsch | University of San Francisco | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Arnab | Banerjee | Purdue University | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Prof. Dr | Danuta | Szczesna-Cordary | univ of miami | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Martin | Anselm | Rochester Institute of Technology | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Dr | Heejung | Park | Northern Michigan University | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Prof. Dr | Eugene | Mananga | The City University of New York | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Prof | Mary | Higby Schweitzer | North Carolina State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Dr | Bindu | Antil | Pennsylvania State University | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Mr | Frank | Efe | Morgan State University | United States | Material Chemistry Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Prof. Dr | Yossef | Elabd | Texas A&M University | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Mr | Aadarsh | Parashar | Colorado School of Mines | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Mr | Qiang | Qu | Pfizer | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Mr | Robert | Hendricks | Genentech | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Dr | Nicholas | White | Genentech, Inc. | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |
| Assist. Prof. Dr | Obinna Chigoziem | Akakuru | FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI NIGERIA | United States | Best Researcher Award | analyticalchemistry.org |