{{Short description|Indian ecologist and evolutionary biologist}} {{BLP primary sources|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist | name = Renee M Borges | image = | caption = | birth_date = 25 February 1959 | birth_place = | father = Ernest Borges | relatives = Anita Borges (sister) | spouse = | children = | field = | work_institution = Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | alma_mater = St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, University of Bombay | doctoral_advisor = Ted Fleming | doctoral_students = | known_for = Chemical ecology, Plant-animal interactions, Behavioural ecology, and Evolutionary biology | prizes = | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Renee Maria Borges''' (born 25 February 1959) is an Indian evolutionary biologist and professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science.<ref name = "IISc">{{cite web|title=IISc - Profile at Centre for Ecological Sciences|url=http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/new/?q=user/30|access-date=16 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/LD_essays/59-62.pdf |title=59-62.pdf |access-date=8 April 2014}}</ref> Her work as a scientist has been profiled on ''India Today''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080519-chalk-it-up-736234-2008-05-07 | title=Chalk it up | newspaper=India Today | date=7 May 2008 | first=Chitra | last=Subramanyam | access-date=2 May 2018 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae: Renee Borges |website=Indian Institute of Science |url=http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/renee/Complete%20publications%20updated%20on%2028-04-2017.pdf}}</ref>
==Personal life== She is the daughter of noted Indian oncologist, Ernest Borges<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-16 |title=Tapping into the many tales of Dr Ernest Borges Road |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/discovering-dr-ernest-borges-a-look-at-the-life-of-a-legendary-cancer-surgeon-and-mentor-drernestborges-cancersurgeon-mentor-indianinstituteofscience-behavioralecologist-inernestquest-tatamemorialhospital-legacy-kalanagar-memorialhome-101681587763954.html |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> and is the sister of oncopathologist Anita Borges.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-02-07 |title=A quest to find the legend of Dr Ernest Borges |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/cafe/a-quest-to-find-the-legend-of-dr-ernest-borges/200641 |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Herald Goa |language=en}}</ref>
==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 Ph.D from the University of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida, where her thesis was "Resource heterogeneity and the foraging ecology of the Malabar Giant Squirrel, ''Ratufa indica''".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Borges|first1=Renee|title=Resource heterogeneity and the foraging ecology of the Malabar giant squirrel, Ratufa indica|url=http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/dissertations/2750/|website=University of Miami|access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
==Bibliography== Borges has contributed a chapter to the book ''Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Saberwal |first1=Vasant |last2=Rangarajan |first2=Mahesh |title=Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation |chapter=The Anatomy of Ignorance |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kPDkfki-6cEC&q=Renee+M.+Borges&pg=PA56 |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=2005 |isbn=9788178241418 |access-date=2017-03-19 }}</ref>
==Recognition== Borges' appointments include: * Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Borges,_Prof._Renee_M|title=Indian Academy of Sciences-Fellows}}</ref> *J. C Bose National Fellowship (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.serb.gov.in/pdfs/Results/Results_JCB-APRIL%2016-Website%20-Upload(1).pdf|title=J C Bose fellowship awardees 2016}}</ref> *Fellow, Indian National Science Academy<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/detail/P16-1709|title=Indian National Science Academy- Fellow}}</ref> *Chairperson of the DST-Program Advisory Committee on Animal Sciences (2016–19)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://serb.gov.in/pdfs/pac_yss/PAC_Animal%20Sciences.pdf|title=DST-PAC Animal Sciences}}</ref> * Member, Western Ghat Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP), Government of India, 2010–2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/wg-23052012.pdf|title=Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel}}</ref>
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