Prof. Marina Gashinova is the Chair in Pervasive Sensing at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Marina Gashinova has received the M.Sc. degree in Math (1-st class, honour) from St-Petersburg State University in 1991 and Ph. D. degree in physics and Math from St-Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia, in 2003. After 1-year Royal Society/Nato fellowship (2004-2005) at the University of Birmingham, UK, she has joined the Microwave Integrated Systems Laboratory (MISL) in the same university as the Research Fellow and in 2011 become a lecturer at the Electrical Electronic and Systems Engineering Department.   Since 2018 she is Professor, Chair in Pervasive Sensing and the Head of Pervasive Sensing Group, with the international leadership and growing portfolio of large research projects in three main directions: Sensing for Autonomous platforms, Sensing for Space Domain Awareness and THz Sensing. 

She is a member of the steering executive board of the consolidated body representing the UK radar research society of all active radar researchers from academia, industry and government - the Electromagnetic Systems Interest Group (EMSIG) – the platform, which aim is to steer academic and industrial research through knowledge transfer, collaborative concept development, shaping future research landscapes.  She is also the founding chair of the focus groups on Modern trends in short and medium range sensing (MODEST) and Radar for Space. 
Before joining Editorial Board of IEEE Transactions on Radar Systems, she was an Associate editor of IEEE Trans on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2020-2024) and 2021 she has received IEEE award for outstanding contributions as Associate Editor of IEEE transactions on Aerospace and electronics Systems.

She was a guest editor of IET Radar Sonar and Navigation on Special issue: Advanced Automotive Sensing – Towards Car Autonomy” in 2018.

She serves the research community as regular TPC member, track/domain chair, session chairperson, organizer of focussed sessions, workshops and delivers invited and key-note talks at major international radar conferences. She is also regular invited member of UK and international review and funding panels. 
In 2023 she has received Christian Hülsmeyer Award for contribution to radar research and education, at International Radar Symposium 2023, Berlin.