Renee Maria Borges (born 25 February 1959) is an Indian evolutionary biologist and professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science. Her work as a scientist has been profiled on India Today. 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, 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". 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, Indian Academy of Sciences J. C Bose National Fellowship (2016) Fellow, Indian National Science Academy 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 Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014 1959 births Living people St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni Indian women biologists Scientists from Maharashtra Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science Indian Institute of Science alumni 20th-century Indian zoologists 20th-century Indian women scientists 21st-century Indian zoologists 21st-century Indian women scientists Women scientists from Maharashtra