She is also the Director of the Signal Processing Research Group (SPRG) Laboratory in the School of Engineering, University of Bridgeport. A member of IEEE, Dr. Barkana received her B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anatolia University, Eskisehir, Turkey in 1994, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the ESOGU, Eskisehir, Turkey in 1997 and 2005, respectively. She worked as a full-time faculty member at Anatolia University from 1995-1999, and as a Research Assistant at the ESOGU from 1999-2001 in Turkey. Dr. Barkana joined the University of Bridgeport in January 2007.