Gayathri Kongara

Dr. Gayathri Kongara is a Senior Lecturer and Director of International ECSE at the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University. She specializes in wireless communications, 5G technologies, and software-defined radio (SDR) platforms. Her research focuses on waveform design (e.g., PCC-OFDM, Filtered OFDM), MIMO systems, and hardware implementation of 5G candidates. She has led course design for undergraduate and postgraduate units in wireless communications and telecommunications, including labs on VoIP quality and TCP/IP protocols.

Her teaching includes ECE 5884/6884 (Wireless Communications), ECE 4045/5145 (Network Performance), and ECE 2131 (Electrical Circuits). She has supervised numerous student projects on 5G radios, spectrum sharing, and SDR applications. Her work integrates theoretical research with practical SDR implementations, addressing challenges like hardware nonlinearities and time/frequency offsets.

Key publications span 5G waveform comparisons, relay-optimized wireless systems, and MIMO equalization techniques. Her contributions bridge academic innovation and industry-relevant solutions in telecommunications.