Marco Agnan holds a PhD from Paris-Saclay University in Astrophysics and Space Engineering, a Master in Plasma Science and a Master of Engineering for Space-Based Systems Engineering from Sorbonne University.
He is the CTO and Co-Founder of Odysseus Space, a company of 25 persons based in Luxembourg, providing laser communication as a service for satellite operators in LEO. He has more than 10 years of experience in technical management and systems engineering for CubeSat projects as well as for technology developments for smallsats, such as electrical propulsion, autonomous navigation, and laser communication.
Additionally, he is also part of the Technical Program Committee of 2 key conferences about laser communication: the International Conference on Space Optics (ICSO), co-organized between ESA and CNES, as well as the International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS) organized by IEEE. He is also a private pilot and passionate about aerospace in general.