| Mrs | Maria de Lourdes | Deglmann | Federal University of Santa Catarina | Brazil | Physics and Astronomy | Mathematical Physics and Field Theory | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Dr | Selami | Demirci | NHLBI/NIH | United States | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Genome engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Zhaoming | Deng | The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University | China | Dentistry | Oral implant | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Sarah | Depallens | CAN team Lausanne CHUV | Switzerland | Medicine and Dentistry | Pédiatrie sociale | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Prof. Dr | Pooja | Deshmukh | Deogiri Institute of Engineering and Management Studies | India | Social Sciences | Management | Research Excellence Recognition | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Dr | Deepti | Deshwal | Maharaja Surajmal Institute of Technology | India | Computer Science | Artificial Intelligence | Research Excellence Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Prof | antonio | dessanti | University of Sassari | Italy | Medicine and Dentistry | Pediatric Surgery | Best Innovation Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Dr | Jabulani | Dhlamini | Independent Researcher | Zimbabwe | Business, Management and Accounting | Strategic Management | Research Excellence Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Dr | Xianghong | Ding | Central South University | China | Engineering | 环境岩土工程 | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Mr | Hossein | Dini | Aalborg University | Denmark | Neuroscience | Computational Neuroscience | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Dr | Maria Valentina | Dinu | Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry | Romania | Materials Science | Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Oleksandr | Dluhopolskyi | West Ukrainian National University | Ukraine | Business, Management and Accounting | Environmental Economics | Research Excellence Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Mr | Abera Abiyo | Dofee | Central University of Punjab | India | Earth and Planetary Sciences | Geography | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Carlos | Domínguez Acosta | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Chile | Engineering | Robotics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Ziaul Haq | Doost | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Saudi Arabia | Environmental Science | Water Resource | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | John | Dotse | University of Ghana | Ghana | Psychology | Social Psychology (expertise in Traffic Psychology) | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Dr | Stela | Dragomanova | Medical University of Varna | Bulgaria | Neuroscience | Natural substances with neuroprotective properties | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Mr | Genetu | Dress | Addis Ababa Science and Technology University | Ethiopia | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering, Damage Assessment, Prognostics, Composites, Machine Learning and Optimization | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Yuwei | Duan | College of Materials and Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, 610059, China | China | Energy | solar cells | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |
| Dr | Mlungisi | Duma | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Computer Science | Artificial Intelligence | Best Researcher Award | academicexcellenceawards.com |