Giancarlo Colombo is a researcher at the Neuroscience Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Cagliari, Italy.
His research interest is primarily on neurobiology and pharmacology of alcohol use disorder, with focus on the role of GABAB receptor in the control of multiple alcohol-related behaviors and development of GABAB receptor ligands as possible pharmacotherapies for alcohol use disorder.
He has published approximately 240 papers in peer-reviewed journals and about 20 book chapters; he was also the editor of the 2016 volume on GABAB receptor.
He serves as co-chief-editor of the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism.