| Prof. Dr | Iris | Mohr | St. John’s University | United States | Sustainable Development | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Zabihollah | Rezaee | The University of Memphis | United States | Environmental Policy and Management | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Raana | Koushki | ERM - Environmental Resources Management | United States | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Rahman | Davtalab | Singhofen and Associate Inc. | United States | Water Resources Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Thomas Odey | Magu | University of Florida | United States | Sustainable Development | Excellence in Research | View Profile |
| Dr | Vaibhav | Sinha | The Ohio State University/ College of Engineering | United States | Environmental Risk Assessment | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Mohamed | Almansour | University of Missouri-Columbia | United States | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Ajeet | Kaushik | Florida Polytechnic University | United States | Environmental Engineering | Environmental Leadership in Civil Engineering Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Surendra | Shah | University of Texas at Arlington | United States | Materials Science and Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Ahmed | Nisar | Virginia Tech | United States | Green Infrastructure | Young Scientist Award | View Profile |
| Dr | CAMILA | Donatti | conservation international | United States | Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Md Asfiqur | Rahman | University of South Carolina | United States | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Di | Kang | WSP USA | United States | Transportation Engineering | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Farzad | Ghafoorian | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | United States | Environmental Modeling | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kaitlin | Trexberg | The Pennsylvania State University | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Chuanhao | Lin | George Washington University | United States | Urban Planning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Augusto César | F. De Moraes | UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Brittany "Brie" | Haupt | Virginia Commonwealth University | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | kapil | Upadhyaya | Oregon Health & Science University | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Sakariyau | Waheed | The University of Tulsa | United States | Others | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |