| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zecong | Xiao | the Third Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-sen University | China | Best Researcher Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Mr | Zeeshan | ALI | IMS lab (University of Bordeaux) | France | Research Excellence Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Prof | Zhanjuan | Chen | Hainan Medical University | China | Applied Scientist Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Zhen | Zhang | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China | Best Researcher Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Mr | Zheng | Liu | College of Material Science and Engineering, State Ker Laboratory of Materials Low-Carbon Recycling, Beijing University of Technology | China | Best Researcher Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Dr | Zheng | Liu | Taihang Laboratory | China | Best Researcher Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Prof | Zhenzhen | Xu | School of Textiles & Garments, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China. Anhui Province International Cooperation Research Center of Textile Structure Composite Materials, Anhui Polytechnic University, Anhui, Wuhu 241000, China | China | Research Excellence Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Prof. Dr | Zhiguo | Meng | Jilin University | China | Research Excellence Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Dr | Zhiguo | Yang | beihang university | China | Best Researcher Award | appliedscientist.org |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zongying | Zhang | Shandong Agricultural University | China | Applied Science Scholar Award | appliedscientist.org |