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

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, 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

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from the

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, in

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, where her thesis was "Resource heterogeneity and the foraging ecology of the

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, '' Ratufa indica''".

Bibliography

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

Recognition

Borges' appointments include: * 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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