| Mr. | ZhiXiong | Jiang | Pusan National University | China | Sensors and Actuators | electromagnetic domain/acoustics/electronic | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Zhiwei | Zhang | AVIC Manufacturing Technology Institute | China | Applications of Sensors (automotive, medical, environmental monitoring, earthquake life detection, high speed impact, consumer, alarm and security, nautical, aeronautical and space sensor systems, robotics, and automation) Solid State Sensors | DeepLearning | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Prof | Zhipeng | ZANG | Tongji University | China | Sensor Characterization | Communication | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof. Dr | Zhimin | Chen | Shanghai Dianji University | China | Sensor Arrays | Localization, integrated communication and sensing | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr. | Zhimao | Lai | China People's Police University | China | Sensor Signal Processing | human action recognition | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr | Zhilong | Zhou | College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering | China | Physical Sensors | Precision measurement, industrial robot calibration and precision control | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhijun | Meng | National University of Defense Technology | China | Sensor Signal Processing | GNSS,Time-frequency synchronization | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr | Zhihai | Zhang | Beijing Jiaotong University | China | Applications of Sensors (automotive, medical, environmental monitoring, earthquake life detection, high speed impact, consumer, alarm and security, nautical, aeronautical and space sensor systems, robotics, and automation) Solid State Sensors | High-speed railway maintenance | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr. | Zhigang | Zhu | Xidian University | China | Intelligent sensing | Deep learning & signal processing | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Prof. | Zhichun | Fan | Jimei University | China | Optical Sensors (radiation sensors, meta-material/meta-surface, optoelectronic/photonic sensors, and fibres) | 光纤光栅 | Best Sensor Packaging Technology Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Zhicheng | zheng | Henan University | China | Internet-based and other Remote Data Acquisition | Transport geography; Urban planning | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Mr. | Zhichao | Meng | sun yat-sen university | China | Applications of Sensors (automotive, medical, environmental monitoring, earthquake life detection, high speed impact, consumer, alarm and security, nautical, aeronautical and space sensor systems, robotics, and automation) Solid State Sensors | synthetic aperture radar imaging | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Mr. | Zhibo | Cui | Tarim University | China | Sensor Signal Processing | Multi-source remote sensing for Earth observation | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Mr | Zhi-Wei | Zhang | Beijing Forestry University | China | Security and Reliability of WSN and IoT | Vibration Energy Harvesting | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr. | Zhi | Cao | Shenzhen People’s Hospital (The Second Clinical Medical College Jinan University The First Affiliated Hospital Southern University of Science and Technology) | China | Biological Sensors | Near infrared-imaging | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr. | Zhenzhen | Gui | Guangzhou University | China | Sensors and Actuators | piezoelectric actuator | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr. | Zhenwei | Ren | School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering | China | Optical Sensors (radiation sensors, meta-material/meta-surface, optoelectronic/photonic sensors, and fibres) | light-emitting diodes | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Mr. | Zhenjiang | Liu | Chang'an University | China | Applications of Sensors (automotive, medical, environmental monitoring, earthquake life detection, high speed impact, consumer, alarm and security, nautical, aeronautical and space sensor systems, robotics, and automation) Solid State Sensors | InSAR for earthquake observations | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr. | Zhengzheng | Zhou | Tongji University | China | Telemetering | Time series forecasting | Best Paper Award | globalsensorawards.com |
| Dr. | Zhengjia | Xu | Cranfield University | United Kingdom | Sensor Signal Processing | Signal Processing in Aerospace | Best Researcher Award | globalsensorawards.com |