Seda Üstünbaş received the B.S.(Hons.) degree from Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2013, and the M.S. degree from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2017. She is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree and a Member of Wireless communication laboratory, Istanbul Technical University. Her research interests include MIMO systems, cooperative communications, cognitive radio, index modulation, non-orthogonal multiple access and energy harvesting. She was a reviewer for IEEE journals and several IEEE conferences.