Dr. Baldacci is an Associate Professor of Operations Research at the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of London, Imperial College, United Kingdom.

Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Operations Research at the University of Bologna, Italy (2012–2022), an Assistant Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy (2005–2012), an Assistant Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy (2001–2005), and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Quantitative Finance, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (2000–2001).

His research focuses on theoretical study, design, implementation, and evaluation of algorithms for combinatorial optimization problems, particularly transportation and logistics. He specializes in exact techniques as well as heuristic and metaheuristic methods. In recent years, he expanded his research into stochastic and distributionally robust optimization, large-scale linear programs with column-dependent rows, and dynamic discretization discovery techniques.

Dr. Baldacci has over 25 years of teaching experience across all levels (BSc, MSc, and PhD) and has supervised numerous undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students.

He serves on the editorial boards of Operations Research and Transportation Science. He has published over 100 papers in leading journals, including approximately 30 papers in the INFORMS Journal on Computing, Mathematical Programming, Operations Research, and Transportation Science.