报告题目：Solution of public health problems by applied electrostatic engineering: aiming at valuable research works bringing large social benefits
报告人：豊田秀吉 近畿大学
主持人：许玲 教授
报告时间：2019年11月22日13:00（周五下午）
报告地点：生命科学学院534小会议室
报告人简介：
豊田秀吉教授，1980年于京都大学植物细胞工程学专业获得博士学位，之后任职于近畿大学至今，曾任日本近畿大学农学部农学系主任、植物感染制御工程研究室主任，日本植物病理学会评议员，获日本植物细胞分子生物学会贡献奖。主要从事分子植物病理学以及植物病害的生物、化学、及物理防控等方面的研究，近十多年聚焦于静电科学与植物病理学的交叉科学与技术研究，致力于开发针对尤其是设施果蔬农作物病虫害的新型防控技术。发表学术论文170多篇，获得多项日本和美国发明专利，并形成了一系列的技术设备和产品，成立了“静电联合研究株式会社”，对作物病虫害的静电防控技术进行了有效的推广和应用。
报告内容：
Applied electrostatic engineering has served as the academic and technical basis for various methods that successfully manage pathogens and insect pests affecting agricultural crops during various stages of crop production and preservation. The ways in which electrostatic principles have been applied are diverse and include the following: capturing spores and insects by exploiting the attractive force generated in a static electric field (without electric discharge); repelling insects according to their aversion to the electric field; disinfecting bacterial and fungal pathogens using ozone produced through streamer discharge; and instantaneously dislodging fungal pathogens from plants through exposure to a plasma stream produced via a corona discharge in the electric field. These successful approaches directed our eyes toward the solution of public health problems caused by various biotic and abiotic airborne nuisances in environments: one of our prominent approaches was the successful exclusion of pollen grains (causing pollenosis) from our living space, and the most recent device (a corona discharge-generating electric field screen) was highly effective to capture smoke fine particles (causing passive-smoking by non-smoker) ionized with negative ions produced within an electric field. This device was also able to trap airborne viral and bacterial pathogens confined within fine mist particles, and therefore could be a promising tool to get rid of airborne transmission of viral and bacterial pathogens of human. Through the present lecture, I will provide the student audience with an adequate opportunity to think about what research works should be like, especially from the prospective of social contribution.