Full Name
Royal Heins
Job Title
Consultant
Company
HRT Services
Speaker Bio
Dr. Royal Heins is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Horticulture at Michigan State University and adjunct Professor Utah State University. He spent 25 years on the faculty at Michigan State University before retiring in 2004 to work in the private sector. Dr. Heins has received numerous awards including the prestigious Distinguished Faculty Award by Michigan State University.
At MSU, Dr. Heins taught courses in floriculture crop production and greenhouse environmental physiology. His major research interests were flowering physiology, the quantification of plant responses to the environment, and the development of decision-support tools for growers in the greenhouse industry.
After retiring from MSU, Dr. Heins has consulted with greenhouse companies throughout the United States. In 2007, he became President and CEO of Oro Farms, a company producing unrooted cuttings of annuals and perennials in Guatemala for export to the United States, Europe, and Japan. He received Greenhouse Grower's Medal of Excellence Industry Achievement Award in 2018.
At MSU, Dr. Heins taught courses in floriculture crop production and greenhouse environmental physiology. His major research interests were flowering physiology, the quantification of plant responses to the environment, and the development of decision-support tools for growers in the greenhouse industry.
After retiring from MSU, Dr. Heins has consulted with greenhouse companies throughout the United States. In 2007, he became President and CEO of Oro Farms, a company producing unrooted cuttings of annuals and perennials in Guatemala for export to the United States, Europe, and Japan. He received Greenhouse Grower's Medal of Excellence Industry Achievement Award in 2018.
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