Dr. Konpal Ali received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Before joining the University of Washington Bothell, she served as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Manitoba and then at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi. Her research focuses on wireless communication, specifically the physical layer, with an emphasis on the performance analysis, optimization, and design of large wireless networks that accurately model real-world scenarios.