Matteo Gherardi (MG) received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2013) and his Master in Energy and Nuclear Engineering (2009) at Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (UniBO). He is currently a senior assistant professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering at UniBO. MG scientific activity focuses on developing innovative plasma technologies and their applications in industrially and socially relevant fields. MG’s main interests are agricultural and medical applications of plasmas and material processing. MG authored 78 articles in peer-reviewed international journals (H-Index = 18, source Scopus), serves as referee for several international journals, and evaluator for international foundations grants. He acted as Editor for 3 special issues in international journals, among which one entitled ‘Plasma and agriculture,’ published by Plasma Processes and Polymers in 2018. MG received the Early Career Plasma Medicine Award from the International Society on Plasma Medicine in 2018 and the Early Career Presentation Awards at the 5th International Conference on Plasma Medicine in 2014. He is a member of the International Plasma Chemistry Society, the International Society of Plasma Medicine, and the Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research: Advanced Applications in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Technology at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna.