Background
Heide, Ola Mikal was born on April 26, 1931 in Trondenes, Norway. Son of Hans Kristian and Marit (Lundberg) Heide.
administrator Botanist educator
Heide, Ola Mikal was born on April 26, 1931 in Trondenes, Norway. Son of Hans Kristian and Marit (Lundberg) Heide.
Master of Science in Agriculture, Agriculture University Norway, 1961. Digital Array Gas-cell correlation radiometer, Agriculture University Norway, 1967. Master of Science in Botany, University Wisconsin, 1966.
Research fellow Agriculture University Norway, Ås, 1966-1970, professor botany, since 1976, head department biology and nature conservation, 1990-1995. Professor plant science Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 1970-1972. Professor plant physiology University Tromsø, Norway, 1972-1976.
Research assistant Agriculture University Norway, Ås, 1961-1965, chancellor, 1978-1983. President Scandinavian Society Plant Physiology, 1976-1982, 88-94, Federation European Societies Plant Physiology, 1988-1990. Vice chair Agriculture Research Council Norway, Oslo, 1979-1984.
Board directors International Fertilizer Development Center, Muscle Shoals, United States, 1980-1986. Member Technology Advisory Committee Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research, Rome, Washington, 1984-1988.
Member Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters (chairman botany group 1993-1998), Royal Society Sciences of Uppsala, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
Married Gerd Lillebakk, 1955. Children: Tori, Marit, Vegard, Fartein, Eldar.