Iwona Kochańska is a graduate of Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdansk University of Technology. She received M.Sc. degree in Automation Control and Robotics, specializing in the mobile objects control. In 2012 she received Ph.D. degree in hydroacoustics. In the same year she started working as an assistant professor in the Department of Marine Electronic Systems.

The main area of interest is hydroacoustis,  including in particular propagation of acoustic signals in shallow water, detection and estimation of hydroacoustic signals parameters, and underwater acoustic communications. She is an author or co-author of many articles and papers presented during international and domestic conferences. She is a member of Polish Acoustic Society and a tresurer of its Gdansk Division from 2014. She is a tresurer of IEEE Computer Society C16 - Gdańsk Chapter.

Since 2015 she is a deputy head of the Department of Marine Electronic Systems.