Marco Tucci studied Physics at the University of Milan, where he also obtained the PhD in Astronomy. After that, he had the opportunity to travel around Europe as postdoctoral researcher: he worked before in Spain, then London and Paris. He is currently “maitre assistant” at the University of Geneva. His research activity is focused on cosmology and cosmic microwave background. He has been collaborating with different international projects, and in the last years he has been actively involved in the ESA Planck mission.