Massimo Moccia was born in Benevento, Italy on February 11, 1982.

He received the B.E. and M.E. degree in Telecommunications Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, in 2005 and 2007 respectively. During his study program, he was a visiting student at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2003-2004) and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (2007). In 2008, he attended a postgraduate specialization course in “Technologies for micro and nano electronics” at the “Sapienza” University of Rome. In 2012, he received the Ph.D. Degree in Information Engineering from the University of Sannio.

Since 2012, he has been working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Sannio.

His current research activity is focused on the areas of electromagnetic and multiphysics metamaterials, RF devices, and antenna design for satellite applications. In the past, he has also worked on superconductivity experiments, ferroelectric devices, fiber-optics sensors, and nanotechnologies.