Hisashi Kato-Noguchi received his Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Japan. He is currently a professor of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Japan. His research interests include allelopathy, allelochemicals, chemical interactions, modes of action, momilactone, invasive plants, and rice allelopathy. He is the President of the Asian Allelopathy Society. In 2020, he was awarded the Achievement Award from the Weed Society of Japan.