Jessica Illiano received the B.Sc degree in 2018 and then the M.Sc degree in 2020 both (summa cum laude) in Telecommunications Engineering from University of Naples Federico II (Italy). In 2020 she was winner of the scholarship `` Quantum Communication Protocols for Quantum Security and Quantum Internet" fully funded by TIM S.p.A.

Since 2017, she is a member of the Quantum Internet Research Group, FLY: Future Communications Laboratory. She is pursuing a Ph.D degree in Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering at University of Naples Federico II. Currently, she is website co-chair of N2Women.

Her research interests include quantum communications, quantum networks and quantum information processing.