Renee Maria Borges (born 25 February 1959) is an

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evolutionary biologist and professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences,

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. Her work as a scientist has been profiled on ''

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''. 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.

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,

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in 1982. She received a PhD from the

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, in

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, with a thesis entitled "Resource heterogeneity and the foraging ecology of the Malabar Giant Squirrel, '' Ratufa indica''".

Bibliography

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

Recognition

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

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*J. C Bose National Fellowship (2016) *Fellow,

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*Chairperson of the DST-Program Advisory Committee on Animal Sciences (2016–19) * Member, Western Ghat Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), Government of India, 2010–2011

References

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