As the Post-Award Specialist, Shilly provides administrative research support for all IRSO component centers. Previously, she worked at UNAP as Accounts Payable Manager and UTHealth as Administrative Director; Shilly began at Rice as a Research Accountant in RCA in 2014; she had the opportunity to work in other research universities as Washington State University as an Accounting Manager, University of Idaho as Fiscal Operations Manager. She is back at Rice and joined IRSO in March 2023. Shilly received her Bachelor's in Business Administration and MBA in Strategic Planning Administration. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and cooking without recipes.