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dr.ing. A. Lavrenko (Anastasia)

Assistant Professor
EEMCS-EE-RS
Carré C3623
a.lavrenko@utwente.nl
+31534891258
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Hi and welcome to my page!Ā 

I am an assistant professor at the Radio Systems group at EEMCS. My background is in radio systems engineering and my main research interests are in signal processing and parameter estimation for wireless systems, particularly in application to radio localization and tracking.

I received my PhD in electrical engineering (signal theory) in the area of sub-Nyquist sampling of sparse analog signals at Ilmenau University of Technology in Germany. Before joining University of Twente, I also spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute) and the Wireless Research Centre at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand developing a harmonic radar system for real-time tracking of flying insects with unmanned aerial vehicles.Ā 

For further details and a list of open student projects please visitĀ Research.

Expertise

  • Engineering

    • Harmonics
    • X-Band

  • Physics

    • Compressed Sensing
    • Antenna
    • Transponder

  • Computer Science

    • direction-of-arrival
    • Computational Complexity
    • array antenna

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My research focus is on signal processing and algorithm development for wireless systems, particularly applied to sensing and localization problems. I am always open for collaborations, so please don't hesitate to contact me atĀ a.lavrenko@utwente.nl.

I have recently received an NWO VENI talent grant for developing an innovative tracking solutions using nonlinear radar. For more details check out "Beyond Bugging: wireless sensing and monitoring with harmonic radar" project atĀ Research | Radio Systems (RS) (utwente.nl).

For a full list of my publications visit my page onĀ Google Scholar Anastasia LavrenkoĀ orĀ Research gate Anastasia Lavrenko.

Publications

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2026

Impact of Vegetation-Induced Loss on X-Band Harmonic Radar Performance (2026)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 2026 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf 2026. Mugge, J., Mogilnikov, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://epapers2.org/radar2026/ESR/paper_details.php?paper_id=3263Beyond Compact: On Antenna Co-Design and Integration in Harmonic Radar Tags (2026)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 20th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2026, EuCAP 2026. Lavrenko, A. & Mogilnikov, A.

2025

New Tools for Tracking Small Invertebrates Using Harmonic Radar (2025)In 2025 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA) (Proceedings IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA); Vol. 2025). IEEE. Woodward, G., Afroz, R., Storz, G., Mogilnikov, A., Lavrenko, A. & Pawson, S.https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA63091.2025.11265840Compact and Lightweight Harmonic Tags for Insect Tracking with an X-Band Harmonic Radar (2025)In 2025 55th European Microwave Conference (EuMC). IEEE. Mogilnikov, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC65286.2025.11235220Toward Efficient Nest Location in Social Insects with Harmonic Radar (2025)In 2025 IEEE CAMA (Accepted/In press). Mogilnikov, A., Popova, A. & Lavrenko, A.Passive Harmonic Transponders With RFID Capabilities: Common Challenges and Techniques (2025)IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, 9, 457-465. Mogilnikov, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2025.3584588Dual-Mode Nonlinear Radar with an Auxiliary Transmitter: Coverage Analysis (2025)In 16th German Microwave Conference, GeMiC 2025 (pp. 423-426). IEEE. Mogilnikov, A., Lavrenko, A., Afroz, R. & Woodward, G.https://doi.org/10.23919/GeMiC64734.2025.10979112Performance Bounds for Single-Bit AOA-Based RF Source Localization (2025)In ICASSP 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) (International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP); Vol. 2025). IEEE. Kubal, S., Lavrenko, A. & Kokkeler, A. B. J.https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP49660.2025.10890063Experimental Verification of Dual-Mode X-band FMCW Harmonic Radar (2025)In 2024 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference: Microwaves for Sustainable Future, APMC 2024 (pp. 313-315). IEEE. Afroz, R., Lavrenko, A., Woodward, G., Storz, G. & Pawson, S.https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC60911.2024.10867297Compact Frequency-Tunable Harmonic Tag with Asymmetric Spiral Loop Topology (2025)In 2024 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP) (Proceedings International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP); Vol. 20924). IEEE. Kumar, A., Mogilnikov, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/ISAP62502.2024.10845995Compact and Lightweight Planar Harmonic Tag for Operation in Challenging Environments (2025)IEEE Access, 13, 216026 - 216037. Mogilnikov, A., Kumar, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3640942

2024

On the Modelling and Evaluation of Harmonic Tags (2024)In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCā€URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI) (pp. 1549-1550) (Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCā€URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI); Vol. 2024). IEEE. Mogilnikov, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://doi.org/10.1109/AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI52054.2024.10686383Compact Lightweight Meander-Line Harmonic Tag for Application in Insect Tracking (2024)[Working paper › Preprint]. TechRxiv. Kumar, A., Mogilnikov, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.172054964.47887617/v1Towards Localization of Miniaturized Medical Robots With Microwaves (2024)IEEE Sensors Letters, 8(7), 1-4. Article 3501604. Lin, Y.-H., Daguerre, H. Y., Lavrenko, A. & Misra, S.https://doi.org/10.1109/LSENS.2024.3412400

2023

Dual-Mode FMCW Harmonic Radar Supporting Auxiliary Transmitter Operation (2023)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 2023 International Radar Conference, RADAR 2023 (Accepted/In press). Storz, G., Lavrenko, A., Cavers, J. & Woodward, G.Evaluation of GNSS-based Time Synchronisation for ToF Localisation with Software-Defined Radio (2023)[Contribution to conference › Paper] The 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (Accepted/In press). Aanen, M. & Lavrenko, A.Compact Folded Meander-Line Harmonic Tag Antenna for Insect Tracking (2023)In 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). IEEE. Kumar, A. & Lavrenko, A.https://doi.org/10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133399

2022

Effects of Bistatic Operation in Harmonic Radar (2022)In Proceedings of the 19th European Radar Conference (pp. 241-244). Lavrenko, A.Harmonic Radar With Adaptively Phase-Coherent Auxiliary Transmitters (2022)IEEE transactions on signal processing, 70, 1788-1802. Lavrenko, A., Cavers, J. K. & Woodward, G. K.https://doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2022.3164183

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