Biography
- Education
1986.03 B. Eng. from Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University
1988.03 M. Eng. from Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
1992.03 Dr. Eng. from Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University

- Professional Background
1991.04-1999.03 Research Associate and Assistant Professor of Nagoya University
1999.04-2003.09 Associate Professor of Faculty of Systems Eng., Wakayama University
2003.10-2009.03 Professor of Faculty of Systems Eng., Wakayama University
2009.04- present Professor of Faculty of Science and Technology, Meijo University
2014.04-2020.03 Director of Research Center for Plasma-Bio Science and Technology
2020.04-present Director of Research Center for Plasma-Bio Applications

- Publication
1. M. Ito, J.‐S. Oh, T. Ohta, M. Shiratani, M. Hori, Current status and future prospects of agricultural applications using atmospheric‐pressure plasma technologies, Plasma Process Polym. 2018;15:e1700073, DOI: 10.1002/ppap.201700073 (2017).
2. H. Hashizume, T. Ohta, K. Takeda, K. Ishikawa, M. Hori, M. Ito, Oxidation mechanism of Penicillium digitatum spores through neutral oxygen radicals, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 53, 010209 (2014). Selected as a spot-light paper.
3. H. Hashizume, T. Ohta, F. Jia, K. Takeda, K. Ishikawa, M. Hori, M. Ito: "Inactivation effects of neutral reactive-oxygen species on Penicillium digitatum spores using non-equilibrium atmospheric-pressure oxygen radical source", Applied Physics Letters, 153708-1-4 (2013).
4. T. Tsutsumi, T. Ohta, K. Ishikawa, K. Takeda, H. Kondo, M. Sekine, M. Hori, and M. Ito: "Rapid measurement of substrate temperatures by frequency-domain low-coherence interferometry", Applied Physics Letters, 103, 182102-1-3 (2013).
5. M. Ito and T. Ohta, M. Hori: “Plasma Agriculture”, Journal of the Korean Physical Society, Vol. 60, No. 6, DOI: 10.3938/jkps.60.937 pp. 937-943 (2012).