Her research interests include cognitive radio systems, spectrum sensing techniques, blind signal identification techniques, transceiver optimization algorithms, dynamic spectrum access, resource allocation, signal processing for 5G, and optical communications. She published over 130 referred journal and conference papers in these areas. Her research has been supported by various funding agencies, governmental laboratories, and industry, such as NSERC, DRDC, CRC, RDC NL, and Altera Corporation. She was the recipient of a Royal Society scholarship and a Fulbright fellowship, and was a Visiting Professor with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Dobre is a senior editor for IEEE Communications Letters, and serves as an editor and guest editor for several other prestigious journals, as well as the conference chair and technical co-chair of various conferences.