| Mr. | JungWoo | Shin | KyungHee University | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | South Korea | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Mrs | Jurate | Kemesiene | Lithuanian university of health sciences Kaunas Clinics | Urinary Tract Infections | Lithuania | Best Research Award | |
| Dr | Kaiming | Bi | UT Austin | Ebola and Zika Viral Infections | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr. | Kamal Abubker | Abrahim Sleiman | Yan'an University | others | China | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kamel | MOKHNACHE | Laboratory of Applied Biochemistry, University Ferhat Abbas Setif 1, 19000, Algeria \ Department of Process Engineering, University Hassiba Benbouali, Chlef, Algeria | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | Algeria | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kamran | Tahir | ICS, Gomal University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Pakistan | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Karen | Sánchez | UFPel | Immunology of Infections | Brazil | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mrs | Karine | Gloux | Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute | Microbial Pathogenesis and Virulence | France | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Dr | karthikeyan | chandrasekaran | Centro de Investigación de Polímeros Avanzados | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Chile | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Kasi | Gopinath | School of Materials and Energy,Southwest University | Antimicrobials, Antibiotics, Antibacterials | China | Young Scientist Award | |
| Mr. | Kasim | Allel | LSHTM | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | United Kingdom | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr. | Katerina | Trejbalova | Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Czech Republic | Best Researcher Award | pencis.com |
| Prof | Ketema | Bacha | Jimma University | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Ethiopia | Best Research Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Khadijeh | Ahmadi | hormozgan university of medical sciences | Vaccines and Vaccination | Iran | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Kittisak | Jantanasakulwong | CMU | Antimicrobial, Antibiotic, Antibacterial Resistance | Thailand | Best Research Award | |
| Prof | Klimova | Elena | State Institution “Zaycev V.T. Institute of General and Urgent Surgery of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine” | Immunology of Infections | Ukraine | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Konstantinos | Economopoulos | Duke University Medical Center | Infectious Diseases Prevention, Control and Cure | United States | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Kosta | Mumcuoglu | The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School | Animal Infectious Diseases, Zoonosis | Israel | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist. Prof. Dr. | Kouichi | Asahi | Dokkyo Medical Univiersity Saitama Medical Center | Fungal Infections and Challenges in Treatment | Japan | Excellence in Innovation | pencis.com |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Kraichat | Tantrakarnapa | Mahidol University | others | Thailand | Best Faculty Award | |