Prof. Dr. Eiji Goto is a professor at the Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan, and a professor at the Research Center for Space Agriculture and Horticulture, Chiba University. He received a Ph.D. in agricultural engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He worked as an assistant professor and associate professor at the University of Tokyo and then moved to Chiba University. He was the first researcher in the world to receive a Ph.D. in research on plant factories with artificial light (PFAL). His major research topics are plant factories and smart greenhouses. His broad areas of expertise include environmental engineering, plant growth control, plant modeling, environment simulation, plant physiology, photobiology, and plant secondary metabolism. He is a member of the Science Council of Japan and President of the Japanese Society of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Engineers and Scientists.