| Dr. | Noora | Al-Qahtani | Qatar University | Qatar | Coatings | Design of materials and components | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Yaling | Da | Northeastern University | China | Coatings | UV curable composite coatings | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof. Dr | Jing | Xu | Guizhou University | China | Coatings | Carbon materials/Diamond/Energy storage | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Patrick | Hartwich | Universität Siegen | Germany | Coatings | Funktionalisierung von Bauteiloberflächen | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Sabrina | Marcelin | INSA Lyon, MATEIS Laboratory | France | Coatings | Résistance à la corrosion | Best Scholar Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Florence | Acha | University of Massachusetts Lowell | United States | Coatings | Superhydrophobic coatings, wetting behavior | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Manuel | Luna | University of Cadiz | Spain | Coatings | Advanced Functional Surfaces | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Ivo Vaz de Oliveira | Oliveira | CITAB/UTAD | Portugal | Coatings | Edible coatings and films | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mohammad | Aadil | Sejong University | Pakistan | Coatings | Metal organic frameworks, Photocatalysis | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof. Dr | Seyedmahdi | Ojagh | University of Tehran | Iran | Coatings | sea food | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc Prof. Dr | Xikui | Wang | Guizhou University | China | Coatings | Application of Bionic Super-Wetting Coatings and Surfaces in Water harvesting | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Maria | Richetta | Department of Industrial Engineering - University of Rome "Tor Vergata" | Italy | Coatings | LDH, Alloys, Characterizations, Applications | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | xiaodong | jia | Chongqing Open University | China | Coatings | Novel Cleaner Materials for Pavements | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | GHAZANFAR | MEHBOOB | Guangzhou University | China | Coatings | Material Science and Engineering | Excellence in Design Award | View Profile |
| Dr. | Somia | Abbas | National Research Centre, Egypt | Egypt | Coatings | Inorganic materials synthesis, Li-ion batteries | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr. | Eduardo | Lima | IME | Brazil | Ceramic-Matrix composites | Alumina-toughened zirconia (ATZ) ceramic composites | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Nihan | Ercioglu Akdogan | Seranit Granite Ceramic Factory | Turkey | Ceramic-Matrix composites | Ceramics, Tiles, Waste management, Deflocculants | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Aldi | Kuqo | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Germany | Ceramic-Matrix composites | Mineral bonded - fiber composites/Natural fiber composites/Building and Construction | Young Scientist Award | |
| Prof. | Roterdan | Fernandes Abreu | Federal University of Ceara | Brazil | Ceramic-Matrix composites | Antenas dielétricas/Propriedades dielétricas/Eletromagnetismo Aplicado | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. | Sayed H. | kenawy | Faculty of Science Chemistry Depot., Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud University KSA. | Saudi Arabia | Ceramic-Matrix composites | Ceramic Coating Via Plasma | Best Researcher Award | |