Background
Pileggi was born on March 14, 1964, in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the son of Rocco and Maria Lourdes Pileggi.
Rod. Washington Luiz, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Pileggi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of São Carlos in 1986.
Rua XV de Novembro, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Pileggi earned his master`s degree in Biological Sciences in 1990 and a Ph.D. in 2000 from the Federal University of Paraná.
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Marcos received a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 2000.
Pileggi was born on March 14, 1964, in Sao Paulo, Brazil; the son of Rocco and Maria Lourdes Pileggi.
Pileggi received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Sao Carlos in 1986. Four years later he earned his master's degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Paraná. In 2000, Marcos was given a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the same university. The same year he received a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University.
Pileggi was appointed an associate professor in the Department of Structural Biology, Molecular and Genetics at the State University of Ponta Grossa in 1991. Nowadays he is a professor at that university.
Pileggi is a member of American Society of Microbiology.
On March 26, 1988 Marcos Pileggi married Sônia Alvim Veiga. They have a child.