Renee Borges Explained

Renee M Borges
Birth Date:25 February 1959
Nationality:Indian
Work Institution:Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Alma Mater:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, University of Bombay
Doctoral Advisor:Ted Fleming
Known For:Chemical ecology, Plant-animal interactions, Behavioural ecology, and Evolutionary biology

Renee Maria Borges (born 25 February 1959) is an Indian evolutionary biologist and professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science.[1] [2] Her work as a scientist has been profiled on India Today.[3] Her research areas are behavioural and sensory ecology with special reference to plant and animal interactions such as figs and fig-wasps. Other areas of research interest include conservation biology and the history and philosophy of science.[4]

Education

Borges studied science at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, where she obtained her bachelor's degree (with distinction) in Zoology and Microbiology in 1979. She obtained her master's degree in animal physiology from the Institute of Science, University of Bombay in 1982. She received a PhD from the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida, with a thesis entitled "Resource heterogeneity and the foraging ecology of the Malabar Giant Squirrel, Ratufa indica".[5]

Bibliography

Borges has contributed a chapter to the book Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation.[6]

Recognition

Borges' contributions have been recognized in the following ways. Some of her appointments are:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IISc - Profile at Centre for Ecological Sciences. 16 March 2014.
  2. Web site: 59-62.pdf . 8 April 2014.
  3. News: Chalk it up . India Today . 7 May 2008 . Chitra . Subramanyam . 2 May 2018 .
  4. Web site: Curriculum Vitae: Renee Borges . Indian Institute of Science .
  5. Web site: Borges. Renee. Resource heterogeneity and the foraging ecology of the Malabar giant squirrel, Ratufa indica. University of Miami. 11 October 2014.
  6. Book: Saberwal . Vasant . Rangarajan . Mahesh . Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation . The Anatomy of Ignorance . https://books.google.com/books?id=kPDkfki-6cEC&q=Renee+M.+Borges&pg=PA56 . Orient Blackswan . 2005 . 9788178241418 . 2017-03-19 .
  7. Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences-Fellows.
  8. Web site: J C Bose fellowship awardees 2016.
  9. Web site: Indian National Science Academy- Fellow.
  10. Web site: DST-PAC Animal Sciences.
  11. Web site: Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel.