Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova

Dr. Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova
Associate Professor
Faculty of Maritime Engineering and Marine Science
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, ESPOL
E5
Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30,5 Via Perimetral
Guayaquil, Guayas 090112
Ecuador

Mailing Address:
Faculty of Maritime Engineering and Marine Science
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, ESPOL
E5
Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30,5 Via Perimetral
-090112 Guayaquil, Guayas



Phone: +593 42269468
Phone2: +59342269468
E-mail: meborbor(at) espol.edu.ec
URL Institution: www,espol.edu.ec
Personal URL: link


Additional functions:
  • Member, Scientific Committee Antarctic Research -Action Group on Antarctic Fuel Spill (AGAFS).
  • Co-chair, SCAR/IASC - Open Science Conference People and Resources at the Poles – General Session, St Petersburg, Russia, July 2008.
  • Research Associate Instituto Antartico Ecuatoriano.
  • Scientific Advisor, Direccion de Medio Ambiente, Municipio de Guayaquil, Ecuador.
  • Member alumni, Fulbright Association
    IPCC lead author AR6 Chapter 13


    Key Publications of Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova (up to ten) :
    1. MJ (2019). Co-developing climate services for public health: Stakeholder needs and perceptions for the prevention and control of Aedes-transmitted diseases in the Caribbean. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(10): e0007772
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007772
    2. Tauzer E, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Mendoza J, De La Cuadra T, Cunalata J, Stewart-Ibarra AM (2019). A participatory community case study of periurban coastal flood vulnerability in southern Ecuador. PLoS ONE 14(10): e0224171.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224171
    3. Ryan SJ, Mundis SJ, Aguirre A, Lippi CA, Beltran E, Heras F, V. Sanchez, M.J. Borbor-Cordova, R. Sippy, A.M. Stewart-Ibarra, M. Neira (2019) Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(6): e0007448. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007448
    4. Borbor-Cordova M.J. , Torres G., Mantilla G., Casierra A., Bermudez R., Renteria W., Bayot B. (2019). Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms on the Ecuadorian Coast: integrating remote sensing and biological data. Front. Mar. Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00013
    5. Torres Gladys, Carnicer Olga, Canepa Antonio, De La Fuente Patricia, Recalde Sonia, Narea Richard, Pinto Edwin, Borbor-Córdova Mercy (2019). Spatio-Temporal Pattern of Dinoflagellates Along the Tropical Eastern Pacific Coast (Ecuador). Frontiers in Marine Science, VOL 6, 2019, Pag 145 https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00145
    6. Borbor-Cordova M.J., Pozo-Cajas, Cedeno, Mantilla, Kislik, Espinoza Celi, Lira, Ruiz and Torres (2018). Risk Perception of Coastal Communities and Authorities on Harmful Algal Blooms in Ecuador. Frontiers Mar. Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00365
    7. Ryan, Sadie J. and Lippi, Catherine A. and Nightingale, Ryan and Hamerlinck, Gabriela and Borbor- Cordova, Mercy J. and Cruz B, Marilyn and Ortega, Fernando and Leon, Renato and Waggoner, Egan and Stewart-Ibarra, Anna M. (2019). Socio-Ecological Factors Associated with Dengue Risk and Aedes aegypti Presence in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 16, 5, article number 682, http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/5/682
    8. Molina, L. T., Gallardo, L., Andrade, M., Baumgardner, D., Borbor?Córdova, M., Bórquez, R., ... & Huneeus, N. (2015). Pollution and its Impacts on the South American Cryosphere. Earth's Future, 3(12), 345-369.
    9. Stewart Ibarra AMS, Muñoz ÁG, Ryan SJ, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Beltran Ayala E, Finkelstein JL, Mejía R, Ordoñez T, Recalde-Coronel GC, Rivero K: Spatiotemporal clustering, climate periodicity, and social-ecological risk factors for dengue during an outbreak in Machala, Ecuador, in 2010. BMC Infect Diseases 2014, 14:610
    10. Patricia Romero-Lankao; Hua Qin, Mercy Borbor-Cordova. Exploration of health risks related to air pollution and temperature in three Latin American cities. 2012. Social Science and Medicine. Volume 83, April 2013, Pages 110–118
    Borbor M., Boyer E.W. , McDowell W.H., Hall A.S. 2006. Nitrogen and Phosphorus Budgets for a Tropical Agricultural Watershed: Guayas, Ecuador. Biogeochemistry Vol 79, pp 135-161.




    Expertise of Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova:
    Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
    Expert TypeResearch Interface / Management
    Topic AtmosphereClimate
    Global Warming
    Air Pollution
    Topic HydrosphereFresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes
    Precipitation / Runoff
    Ocean
    Water Pollution / Waste Water
    Topic Integrated SystemsBiogeochemical Cycles except Carbon
    Topic EcosystemsMarine Ecosystems
    Topic Economy/ResourceUseWater
    Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
    Topic Politics/LawAdaptation
    Topic SocietyPopulation Dynamics / Migration / Urbanisation
    Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes
    Education / Communication / Participation
    Topic HealthInfectious / Vector Borne Disease
    Pollution Effects / Water Quality
    Weather / Radiation / Climatic Effects
    Topic SustainabilityEcological Sustainability
    Time FrameRecent / Today
    Future
    Statistical FocusVariability
    Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
    Decadal / Centennial
    MethodsData Collection - Measurement
    Data Collection - Interviews, Questionnaires
    Data Analysis
    Applied Research / Technology
    Integrated Assessment
    Collaboration with developing and transition countries ; Capacity Building
    Mountain Research InitiativeIntegrated model-based studies of environmental change in diff. mountain regions

    Specialties of Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova:
    Socio-ecologial systems, climate and health, resilience in coastal areas, oean health.

    Last update: 11/25/19
    Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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