Massimo Zucco was born in Turin, Italy, in 1964. He received the M.S. degree in physics from the University of Turin, Turin, in 1990, and the Ph.D. degree from the Politecnico of Turin, Turin, in 1995. He was with the Institute of Metrology Gustavo Colonnetti (IMGC-CNR), Turin, from 1991 to 1996. From 1996 to 1997, he was with the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, U.K., as a Research Fellow on the realization of the caesium fountain. He was with IMGC-CNR to carry out concentration and spectroscopic parameter measurements, from 1998 to 2002, and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Sèvres, France, from 2002 to 2006, working on laser metrology. Since 2006, he had a permanent position with the National Institute of Metrological Research, Turin, where he has been involved in laser standards for the realization of the definition of the meter and on hyperspectral imaging.