Academician Chang-Hung Chou of the Division of Life Sciences was conferred the Life Time Achievements Award on December 22, 2009 at the First Asian International Allelopathy Conference in Guangzhou, China for his outstanding contributions in the field of allelopathy. Academician Chou was the first recipient of this award presented by the International Allelopathy Foundation.

Academician Chou has conducted research on allelopathy for over 43 years. He specializes in plant ecology, phytochemical ecology and molecular ecology. His current research areas are the evaluation of allelopathic mechanisms of invasive plants in high mountain areas, analysis of naturally occurring allelochemicals from agriculture and forest debris and the identification and structural elucidation of compounds from potential allelopathic plants. His major contributions are the elucidation of the autointoxication mechanism of continuous monoculture crops such as rice and mungbean, the determination of the allelopathic mechanism of dominant vegetations in Taiwan and the introduction of the kikuyu grass into deforested land for weed control. He has written over 300 articles and 15 books specializing on various aspects of allelopathy. Academician Chou is one of the most preeminent scholars on the roles of allelopathy in plant biodiversity and sustainable agriculture.