| Prof | Yoon-Jin | Lee | Soonchunhyang | South Korea | Natural and plant-based skincare ingredients | anti-cancer properties | Research Excellence Award | skincareaward.com |
| Prof. Dr | Yu | Wang | School of Medicine, Westlake University | China | Natural and plant-based skincare ingredients | Traditional Chinese medicine-derived bioactives, antioxidation and skin protective mechanisms | Best Researcher Award | skincareaward.com |
| Prof | Yunfang | Wang | TsingHua University | China | Wound healing and regenerative skin therapies | Regeneration Medicine | Best Researcher Award | skincareaward.com |
| Mr | Zan | Fortuna | GaiaCell Ltd. | Slovenia | Wound healing and regenerative skin therapies | Extracellular vesicles in skin regeneration and wound repair | Research Excellence Award | skincareaward.com |
| Dr | zhengqi | wang | Division of Life Science and Centre for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China | China | Skin barrier function and repair | skin repair | Best Researcher Award | skincareaward.com |
| Dr | Zhenyan | Xia | Tianjin University | China | Skin penetration enhancers and permeability studies | Spray and Atomization | Best Researcher Award | skincareaward.com |
| Dr | Zorica | Janjetovic | UAB | United States | UV-induced skin damage and photoprotection | skin protection | Research Excellence Award | skincareaward.com |