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Mercy Julia Borbor Cordova

Cargo: 
Professor
Teléfono: 
042269450
E-mail: 
meborbor@espol.edu.ec
Carrera: 
Oceanografía
Curriculum vitae (pdf): 
PDF icon Mercy Borbor.pdf

Información de Hoja de Vida

Estudios realizados:
  • Ph.D. Environmental Sciences. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), Syracuse, NY, USA. 2000-2005
  • M.Sc., Environmental Sciences. (SUNY-ESF), Syracuse, NY, USA.1997-1999
  • B. A., Architecture. Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 1978-1986
  • B. Sc., Oceanography. Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador. 1978-1985
Experiencia Académica:
  • ESPOL- Associate Professor 1 (TC), 2016-Present.
  • ESPOL- Master of Climate Change Teacher, 2015-2016
  • ESPOL- Project Director "Circulation and Mixing in Shrimp Pools", 1992-1994
Habilidades:
  • Climate Change Expert
Premios:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Merito National Center for Atmospheric Research - Iai, 2004, United States
  • Fulbright Fellowship - Merit Fulbright Asocciation, 1997, United States
  • Diploma of Honor, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, 1996.
Experiencia Profesional:
  • Upstate Medical University - State University of New York, Research Coordinator - Ecuador, 2013-2014.
  • Ministry of Environment, Deputy Minister, 2010-2012
  • Secretary of Risk Management, Provincial Director, 2009-2010.
  • Municipality of Guayaquil, Head of Environmental Control, 2004-2006
  • State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences, Research Assistant and Academic at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, 2000-2004.
Publicaciones:

Borbor-Córdova M. (2019). Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms on the Ecuadorian coast (1997-2017): Integrating remote sensing and biological data, Frontiers in Marine Science. 2296-7745.

Borbor-Córdova M. (2018). Risk perception of coastal communities and authorities on Harmful Algal Blooms in Ecuador. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Borbor-Córdova M. (2018). The Social and Spatial Ecology of dengue presence and burden during an outbreak in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 2012. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16604601

Borbor-Córdova M. (2018). The burden of Dengue fever and Chikungunya in southern coastal Ecuador: Epidemiology, Clinical presentation, and Phylogenetics from first two years of a prospective study. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 0002-9637

Borbor-Córdova M. (2018). Comparación de dos Modelos Matemáticos para estimar los casos de Dengue en la provincia del Guayas (Ross-MacDonald, Anderson-May). FCNM-ESPOL. Research Gate. 1390 - 3802

Kenneson, A., F. Beltran Ayala, M. Borbor-Cordova, M. E. Polhemus, S. Ryan, T. P. Endy, A. Stewart Ibarra. (2017). Social-ecological factors and preventive actions decrease the risk of dengue infection at the household-level: Results from a prospective dengue surveillance study in Machala, Ecuador. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11. e0006150. 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006150.

Sorensen, C., M. Borbor-Cordova, E. Calvello-Hynes, A. Diaz, J. Lemery, A. Stewart Ibarra. (2017). Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake: Climate, Vulnerability, and Disasters. GeoHealth. 1. 10.1002/2017GH000104.

Conference

Borbor-Córdova M. (2018). Climate Services for Health in Ecuador: Enhancing capacity and co-Producing with stakeholders. 67th Annual Meeting American Society of Tropical and Hygiene (ASTMH). New Orleans – USA.

Borbor-Córdova M. (2018). Climate Services for Public Health: The use of El Niño and other Climate modes for Arbovirus forecasting in Latin America and the Caribbean. IV International Conference on El Niño Southern Oscillation: ENSO in a Warmer Climate. Guayaquil-Ecuador.

Borbor-Córdova M. (2017). Toxinas – Intoxicación y Métodos de detección de toxinas marinas. Taller sobre Mareas Rojas y Salud Humana – Hospital Liborio Panchana (Santa Elena – Ecuador).

Borbor-Córdova M. (2017). Taller sobre Mareas Rojas y Salud Humana en la zona costera: Posorja-Playas.

Borbor-Córdova M. (2017). Risk perception of Coastal Communities and Authorities on Harmful Algal Blooms in Ecuador. ICHA International Conference on Harmful Algae. San Diego – California – USA.

Borbor-Cordova, M., A. Stewart Ibarra, I. Nolivos, G. Rincon, A. Casierra, C. A Johnson, A. Pezzoli. (2018). Building urban climate resilience through public health: Identifying strategies for integrated public health governance in Duran, Ecuador.