Giovanni completed his BSc in Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering (2021) in Polytechnic University of Bari and his MSc in Telecommunication Systems (2023) at the same University. He is currently a PhD student in both MTU and Polytechnic University of Bari working on an on-chip gas sensor for the detection of respiratory and biological illnesses via the MetaSPECS (Metasurfaces and photonic integrated circuits for enhanced photothermal spectroscopy) project under the supervision of Prof. William Whelan Curtin, Prof. Antonella D’Orazio, Prof. Giovanni Magno and Dr. Artem S. Vorobev. His role is the design of polysilicon and germanium high Q-factor metasurfaces for enhancing the photothermal spectroscopy as well as for sensing applications. His interests include plasmonic devices for sensing and nano-particle trapping. Additionally, he has done part time lectures for bachelor’s students on circuit theory and microwave networks at Polytechnic University of Bari.

• F. Filograno, G. Piscopo, P. Matarrese, M. Crouzier, B. Dagens, G. Calò, G. Magno, "Harnessing hotspots at the nanoscale: Tapered plasmonic nanochains for localized heating and optical manipulation", 2026 26th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks Icton 2026, 2026.
• Giovanni Piscopo, Artem S. Vorobev, Jesus Hernan Mendoza-Castro, Giovanni Magno, Liam O'Faolain, "Computationally Efficient Metalens Design Framework", Proceedings of the International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices Nusod, 2026.
• F. Filograno, G. Piscopo, P. Matarrese, M. Crouzier, B. Dagens, G. Calò, G. Magno, "Thermoplasmonic Tapered Nanochains for Localized Heating and Optical Manipulation", XXVI Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo (RiNEm 2026), 2026.
• Giovanni Piscopo, Francesca Filograno, Marius Crouzier, Artem S. Vorobev, Liam O'faolain, Olivier Gauthier-Lafaye, Beatrice Dagens, Giovanna Calo, Giovanni Magno, "Metasurfaces for Sensing and Display Applications", International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2025.
• Tomasz Piwonski, Giovanni Piscopo, Jesus Hernan Mendoza-Castro, Artem S. Vorobev, Antonella D'orazio, Giovanni Magno, Liam O'faolain, "Metasurface-Enhanced Mid-Infrared Sensing for High Sensitivity Detection of Gases and Liquids", International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2025.
• J. H. Mendoza-Castro, G. Piscopo, A. S. Vorobev, T. Piwonski, A. D’orazio, G. Magno, B. Lendl, L. O’faolain, "Germanium Metalenses for Long-Wavelength Infrared Spectroscopy Applications", International Conference on Metamaterials Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, 2025.
• G. Piscopo, A. S. Vorobev, J. H. Mendoza-Castro, G. Magno, L. O’faolain, "A Dual Bound States in the Continuum Mid-IR Metasurface", International Conference on Metamaterials Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, 2025.
• Giovanni Piscopo, Artem S. Vorobev, Giovanni Magno, Liam O'faolain, "High-FoM All-Dielectric Metasurface for Advanced Mid-IR Sensing Applications", 2024 7th IEEE International Humanitarian Technologies Conference Ihtc 2024, 2024.
• Jesus H. Mendoza-Castro, Artem S. Vorobev, Giovanni Piscopo, Simone Iadanza, Tomasz Piwonski, Antonella D'orazio, Marco Grande, Giovanni Magno, Bernhard Lendl, Liam O'faolain, "Metasurface-Enhanced Mid-Infrared Sensing Based on Integrated Polycrystalline Silicon Metagratings", 2024 7th IEEE International Humanitarian Technologies Conference Ihtc 2024, 2024.
• Giovanni Piscopo, Liam O'Faolain, Giovanni Magno, "All Dielectric metasurface for enhancing Mid-IR spectroscopy", 2024 18th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena Metamaterials 2024, 2024.
• Giovanni Piscopo, Artem S. Vorobev, Giovanni Magno, Liam O'Faolain, "Dielectric meta-platform for Mid-IR enhancing applications", International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2024.