Marco Pisco was born in Naples, Italy, in 1977. He received his M.Sc. degree with honours in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II in 2003. In 2007, he completed the Italian–Croatian International Ph.D. Programme in Information Engineering. In 2020, he obtained the Italian National Scientific Qualification for the position of Full Professor in Electronics (09/E3). He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Sannio, Italy.
His research interests include electronics, optoelectronics, photonics, and sensing technologies. In particular, his work focuses on the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of photonic devices, sensors, and fibre-optic sensor systems for industrial and biomedical applications. He is the author of numerous publications in international journals, conference proceedings, and books.