| Prof | Zhe | Wang | Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zhe | Wang | Guangxi Minzu University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Zhenyan | Xia | Tianjin University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Mr | Zheting | Meng | Institute of Optics and Electron | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zhong | Tang | Vango Technologies, Inc. | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Zhonghua | Liu | Chongqing university of science and techenology | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Prof Dr | Zsuzsanna | Suba | National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zsuzsanna | Zsengeller | BIDMC/ Nephrology | United States | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zsuzsanna | Zsengeller | BIDMC/ Harvard University | United States | Best Innovation Award | inventionawards.org |
| Dr | Zuizhi | Lu | Guangxi Minzu University | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Ms | 凡星 | 孟 | Shenyang Aircraft Design & Research Institute | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Ms | 希梅 | 赵 | 长江大学 | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Assoc Prof Dr | 磊 | 汪 | 无锡学院 | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |
| Ms | 雨潇 | 高 | 太原理工大学 | China | Best Researcher Award | inventionawards.org |