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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 Transmitter Earth and Planetary Sciences Computer Science Design Evaluation Compressed Sensing Organisations 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 Lavrenko Ā orĀ Research gate Anastasia Lavrenko .
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Toward Efficient Nest Location in Social Insects with Harmonic Radar (2025) In 2025 IEEE CAMA (Accepted/In press). Mogilnikov, A., Popova, A. & Lavrenko, A. Compact and Lightweight Harmonic Tags for Insect Tracking with an X-Band Harmonic Radar (2025) [Contribution to conference › Paper] 28th European Microwave Conference 2025 (EuMW 2025) (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Mogilnikov, 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.2025.3584588 Dual-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/GeMiC64734.2025.10979112 Performance Bounds for Single-Bit AOA-Based RF Source Localization (2025) In ICASSP 2025 - 2025 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) . IEEE. Kubal, S., Lavrenko, A. & Kokkeler, A. B. J. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP49660.2025.10890063 Experimental 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/APMC60911.2024.10867297 Compact 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/ISAP62502.2024.10845995 Compact and Lightweight Planar Harmonic Tag for Operation in Challenging Environments (2025) IEEE Access, 13 , 216026 - 216037. Mogilnikov, A., Kumar, A. & Lavrenko, A. New Tools for Tracking Small Invertebrates Using Harmonic Radar (2025) [Contribution to conference › Paper] IEEE Radio Frequency Identification - Technology and Applications Conference, RFID-TA 2025 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Woodward, G., Afroz, R., Storz, G., Mogilnikov, A., Lavrenko, A. & Pawson, S. On the Modelling and Evaluation of Harmonic Tags (2024) In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCāURSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI) (pp. 1549-1550) (Proceedings IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCāURSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI); Vol. 2024). IEEE. Mogilnikov, A. & Lavrenko, A. https://doi.org/10.1109/AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI52054.2024.10686383 Compact 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/v1 Towards 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 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 Harmonic Radar with Adaptively Phase-Coherent Auxiliary Transmitters (2021) [Working paper › Preprint]. ArXiv.org. Lavrenko, A. , Cavers, J. K. & Woodward, G. K. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2108.13847 Autonomous Swarm of UAVs for Tracking of Flying Insects with Harmonic Radar (2021) In 2021 IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021-Spring) . Article 9449074 (IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring); Vol. 2021). IEEE. Lavrenko, A. , Barry, Z., Norman, R., Frazer, C., Ma, Y., Woodward, G. & Pawson, S. https://doi.org/10.1109/vtc2021-spring51267.2021.9449074 Research profiles Affiliated study programs Courses academic year 2025/2026 Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses academic year 2024/2025 
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