Sikora Lab — Trainee Awards & Honors

Listed by year, with trainee name and role

2026

Abiola Adisa (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Inés Cadena (Postdoctoral Scholar) — Oregon State University Postdoctoral Association Award

2025

Hailey Harris (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Inés Cadena (Postdoctoral Scholar) — Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society – Americas 2025 Scientific Impact Award ($1,000 travel award), presented at the Society's 2025 Conference, Detroit, Michigan — sponsored by the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact and the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance at Oregon

Abhishek Chanda (Postdoctoral Scholar) — Oregon State University Postdoctoral Association Award

2024

Avari Alcaire (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

2023

Natalie Wolske (Graduate Student) — Best Podium Presentation Award, College of Pharmacy Rising Retreat

Cara Baboyan (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

2022

Fabian Martinez (Graduate Student) — P.F. & Nellie Buck Yerex Graduate Scholarship, Oregon State University Graduate School (2022–2023)

Amber Robell (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship

2021

Natalie Wolske (Graduate Student) — Oregon State University Provost Scholarship

2020

Fabian Martinez (Graduate Student) — American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Predoctoral Grant/Fellowship Award

Fabian Martinez (Graduate Student) — Best Oral Presentation Award, College of Pharmacy Rising Retreat

Daisy Chen (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship

2018

Fadi El-Rami (Postdoctoral Scholar) — Postdoctoral Development Award, Corvallis, Oregon

Alexi Ismail (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship

2017

Fadi El-Rami (Postdoctoral Scholar) — Best Oral Presentation Award, Oregon State University Postdoctoral Conference

Benjamin Baarda (Graduate Student) — Curtis and Isabella Graduate Research Achievement Fellowship (2017–2018)

2016

Igor Wierzbicki (Graduate Student) — Curtis and Isabella Graduate Research Achievement Award (2016–2017)

Igor Wierzbicki (Graduate Student) — Best Oral Presentation Award, College of Pharmacy Rising Retreat

Igor Wierzbicki (Graduate Student) — Best Poster Presentation Award, College of Pharmacy Rising Retreat

Rachael Ryner (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship

2015

Igor Wierzbicki (Graduate Student) — Best Oral Presentation Award, College of Pharmacy Rising Retreat

Robert Mills (Undergraduate) — American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Fellowship

2014

Igor Wierzbicki (Graduate Student) — Best Oral Presentation Award, College of Pharmacy Rising Retreat

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — American Society for Microbiology Capstone Program

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — Honors College Experience Scholarship

Robert Mills (Undergraduate) — Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity Program

2013

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — College of Pharmacy Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — College of Science Scholarship

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity Program

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — Helen Alford Hays Women in Microbiology Scholarship

Jacob Weber (Undergraduate) — Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity Program

2012

Erin Vallee (Undergraduate) — Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity Start Fellowship

Nini Tran (Undergraduate) — Best Poster Award, Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing Fall Conference

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — Undergraduate Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity Start Fellowship

Bo Park (Undergraduate) — Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship