Mihaela Andrei received a B.Sc. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Romania, in 2008; an M.Sc. degree in Digital Radio Communications from Technical University of Iasi, Romania, in 2009; a B.Sc. degree in Psychology at “Al.I. Cuza” University of Iasi, in 2014; and a Ph.D. in Electronics and Telecommunications from Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" of Iasi, Romania, in 2015. In 2009, she joined the Electronics and Telecommunications Department of the "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Automation, Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, as a junior assistant. Currently, she is a lecturer. In 2016, she received the Ad Astra prize for excellence in doctoral research, awarded by the Romania Association. Her research interests include embedded systems, communication, psychology, education science, and coding theory, with emphasis on turbo coding, space-time codes, and wireless systems.