Andrea Pieroni was trained in medical botany at the University of Pisa, Italy, and earned his doctorate from the University of Bonn in Germany. He has worked as a research assistant at the University of London (2000–2003) as a tenured lecturer and, later, as a senior lecturer at the University of Bradford in northern England (2003–2009). Since 2009, he has been a Professor of Ethnobotany at the University of Pollenzo, Italy, of which he was also the Rector from 2017 until 2021. He has served as the Vice-President and President of the International Society of Ethnobiology (2008–2010), and he is the founder and Chief Editor of the Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine and sits on the boards of diverse international peer-reviewed journals. His research focuses on the spatial and temporal dynamics of wild plant use and local food heritage in the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and surrounding regions, especially within minority groups and diasporas and along cultural and geographical boundaries.