Mohamed A M Elansary, PhD
Target: Director of Operations - Research & Sponsored Programs — ORSP Ops · Pre/Post-Award · Compliance · PI Support · Texas Woman's University
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- Role thesis — ORSP day-to-day ops, pre/post-award, compliance, PI support under VPRICE: Directs day to day operations of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Oversees internal funding, pre-award and post-award processes, and ORSP budgets to serve researchers and assure compliance with grant specifications… including research compliance in areas such as human subjects, animal care and use, and biosafety. Source: ewal.fa.us8.oraclecloud.com … job/12922
- Required experience / education — five years research administration; Bachelor’s required / Master’s preferred: Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree preferred. Five years of research administration experience. Source: ewal.fa.us8.oraclecloud.com … job/12922
Proof — research-ops + compliance + PI support
- GRA, TAMUK (2016–2022) — managed $250K+ NSF-funded research contracts; mentored graduate researchers; publication-grade data pipelines.
- EDAT (Houston, 2023–2025) — $400K+ environmental compliance portfolio; EPA and state-agency technical reports; supervised junior engineers.
- Vertexium founder (2025–Present) — Phase I/II ESA / due diligence compliance processes; CRM/data-quality platforms for operational records.
- CTO, Lucent Energy LLC (Dallas, 2022–2023) — managed engineers/contractors; CRM/workflow automation; data pipelines.
- Arlington / DFW based · Denton onsite (TWU Denton) · ATS flex $115,000.00 Annually.
- Honest frame: Env Eng PhD exceeds Bachelor’s required; Full EAD; work-eligibility boilerplate only. Stretch: formal 5 years research administration (not PI research) — do not invent sponsored-programs director tenure, Cayuse/Banner grants-system ownership, CRA certification, or research-admin Master’s.