Degree in Life Sciences at the University of Cagliari (Italy) in 1996

Master in Landscape Planning at the University of Cagliari (Italy) in 1997

Master in Vegetation Analysis: survey and data elaboration on flora, vegetation and soil” at the Marche Polytechnic University (Italy) in 2000

PhD in Geomorphology and Geobotany at the Marche Polytechnic University (Italy) finished in December 2000

European PhD in Plant Biology (025 C) at the University of Valencia (Spain), suficiencia investigadora obtained in November 2002

Lecturer at the Marche Polytechnic University from 2000 to 2002

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Science of the University of Cagliari (Italy) from 2002 to 2006

Associate Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences at University of Cagliari (Italy) from 2006 to 2015

Full Professor at the Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy of the University of Cagliari from 2015

Director of the HBK (Hortus Botanicus Karalitanus) of the University of Cagliari from 2015 to 2023

He is currently full professor at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of the University of Cagliari (http://dipartimenti.unica.it/scienzedellavitaedellambiente/) and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tehran (Iran).

Director of the Conservation Centre of Biodiversity (CCB) and the Germplasm Bank of Sardinia (BG-SAR) of the University of Cagliari (http://www.ccb-sardegna.it/index.html).

Deputy director of the Doctorate program in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Technologies of the University of Cagliari (http://dottorati.unica.it/stta/).

Since 1991 he has been working on geobotanical and conservation biology studies of the Mediterranean biota and on plant diversity of islands concerning phytoclimatology and phytogeography as well.

He has published about 800 scientific papers, most of these in international journals. The total number of citations and general bibliometric indicators of the entire publication record can be found at the following links:

ISI WOS (ID: AAD-5329-2020): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAD-5329-2020)

Scopus (ID: 6505972132): https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6505972132)

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/GianluigiBacchetta)

Google: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=it&user=S2xhCugAAAAJ)

ORCID (ID: 0000-0002-1714-3978): https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-1714-3978)

He has collaborated with Italian and international editors on 24 scientific books.

He serves as a peer reviewer for both national and international journals in the field of biodiversity conservation. He is editor of Plant Sociology (http://plantsociology.scienzadellavegetazione.it/ojs/index.php/ps/index), associate editor of Mediterranean Botany (https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/MBOT) and member of the Documents Phytosociologiques, Frontiers in Conservation Science (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/conservation-science), Conservación Vegetal (https://revistas.uam.es/conservacionvegetal) and Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/jzbg/editors) editorial boards.

Actually he is president of the GENMEDA network (http://www.genmeda.net/), deputy president of the scientific council of Conservatoire Botanique National Corse (http://cbnc.oec.fr/), and member of the scientific council of Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéenne (http://www.cbnmed.fr/src/prez.php), INITIATIVE PIM pour les Petites Iles de Méditerranée (http://initiative-pim.org/index.php/gouvernance/), Sardinian Commission for Agrodiversity (https://www.biodiversitasardegna.it/laore/it/agrobiodiversita/commissione-tecnico-scientifica/) and Centro Regionale di Competenza RESTART (https://www.uninuoro.it/organizzazione-restart/).

Also, he is principal investigator of various international projects (LIFE+, Interreg, ENPI, ENI, Erasmus+) financed by the European Union and/or private foundation.