Satoshi Horikoshi received his Ph.D. in 1999 and was subsequently a postdoctoral researcher at the Frontier Research Center for the Global Environment Science (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology) until 2006. He joined Tokyo University of Science as an Associate Professor in 2008, and after that, Sophia University as a Professor in 2020. His research interests involve chemistry, biology, food, sustainable energy, and environmental protection using microwave- and/or photo-energy. He has co-authored over 200 scientific publications and has contributed to and edited or co-edited 30 books. He frequently explains the role of microwaves on television and in newspapers.