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Borbor Cordova Mercy Julia

Cargo: 
Docente
Teléfono: 
042269450
E-mail: 
meborbor@espol.edu.ec
Carrera: 
Oceanografía
Otros Cargos: 
Miembro De Comité Académico De Postgrado
Responsable De Proyecto O Actividad Institucional; Investigador
Tutoría Académica De Proyecto Integrador
Hoja de Vida (pdf): 
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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- Profesor Titular Agregado 1 (TC), 2016-Actualidad.
  • ESPOL- Docente Maestría en Cambio Climático, 2015-2016
  • ESPOL- Directora de Proyecto "Circulación y Mezcla en Piscinas Camaroneras", 1992-1994
Habilidades:
  • Experta en Cambio Climático
Premios:
  • Autor Lider IPCC Ar6 - Grupo De Trabajo Iii Cambio Climatico, 2022
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Merito National Center for Atmospheric Research - Iai, 2004, Estados Unidos
  • Beca Para Escuela De Verano En Salud Publica America Latina,2016
  • Fulbright Fellowship - Merit Fulbright Asocciation, 1997, Estados Unidos
  • Diploma de Honor, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, 1996.
  • Exploradora Antartica Ecuatoriana 2007
Membresía para profesionales y/o asociaciones científicas:
  • Red Ecuatoriana De Cambio Climatico
  • Red Clara Cooperacion Latinoamericana De Redes Avanzadas
  • Geo Health Community Of Practice (Cop) And Geo Earth Observations For Health (Eo4health) Initiative
Experiencia Profesional:
  • Upstate Medical University - State University of New York, Research Coordinator - Ecuador, 2013-2014.
  • Ministerio de Ambiente, Viceministra, 2010-2012
  • Secretaria de Gestión de Riesgos, Directora Provincial, 2009-2010.
  • Municipio de Guayaquil, Jefe de Control Ambiental, 2004-2006.
  • Universidad Estatal de Nueva York Colegio de Ciencias Ambientales, Ayudante De Investigación y Académico en Facultad Ciencias Ambientales, 2000-2004.
Publicaciones:
  • Searles M, Jose Ronquillo Mora Y, Carlo L, Heydari N, Takyiwaa Y, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Campagna CD. Zika virus knowledge and vaccine acceptance among undergraduate students in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Vaccine X. 2022 Dec 28;13:100258. doi: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2022.100258. PMID: 36686399; PMCID: PMC9850025.
  • Montenegro, Martin & Campozano, Lenin & Urdiales, Diego & Maisincho, L. & Serrano, Sheila & Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J.. (2022). Assessment of the Impact of Higher Temperatures Due to Climate Change on the Mortality Risk Indexes in Ecuador Until 2070. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 10.3389/feart.2021.794602. 
  • Litardo, Jaqueline & Palme, Massimo & Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J. & Caiza-Quinga, Rommel & Macias-Zambrano, Jose & Hidalgo-Leon, Ruben & Soriano, Guillermo. (2020). Urban Heat Island intensity and buildings’ energy needs in Duran, Ecuador: Simulation studies and proposal of mitigation strategies. Sustainable Cities and Society. 62. 102387. 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102387. 
  • Petrova, Desislava B & Rodo, Xavier & Sippy, Rachel & Ballester, Joan & Meja, Raul & Beltran Ayala, Felix & Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J. & Vallejo, G. & Olmedo, Alberto & Stewart Ibarra, Anna & Lowe, Rachel. (2020). The 2018–2019 weak El Niño: Predicting the risk of a dengue outbreak in Machala, Ecuador. International Journal of Climatology. 41. 10.1002/joc.6744. 
  • Villafuerte Arias, Ronald, Villegas Redrobán, Ronald, Pincay Peredo, Francisco, & Borbor Córdova, Mercy. (2020). Programa piloto animado infantil sobre causas y consecuencias del cambio climático.. Ñawi: arte diseño comunicación, 4(2), 69-83.
  • Sippy R, Prado EO, Pizarro Fajardo F, Hidalgo I, Aguilar GV, Bonville CA, Aponte CC, Gómez MS, Aponte JLC, Cordova MB, Polo GR, Suryadevara M, Domachowske JB. Medically Attended Outpatient Coronavirus Infections in Ecuadorean Children During the 20 Months Preceding Countrywide Lockdown Related to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic of 2020. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Oct;39(10):e291-e296. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002840. PMID: 32773657.
  • Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J. & Ger, Geremy & Valdiviezo-Ajila, Angel & Arias-Hidalgo, Mijail & Matamoros, David & Nolivos, Indira & Menoscal-Aldas, Gonzalo & Valle, Federica & Cornejo-Rodriguez, M.P. & Pezzoli, Alessandro. (2020). An Operational Framework for Urban Vulnerability to Floods in the Guayas Estuary Region: The Duran Case Study. Sustainability. 12. 24. 10.3390/su122410292. 
  • Matamoros, David & Arias-Hidalgo, Mijail & Cornejo-Rodriguez, M.P. & Borbor-Cordova, Mercy J.. (2020). Hydrodynamic Analysis of a Stormwater System, under Data Scarcity, for Decision-Making Process: The Duran Case Study (Ecuador). Sustainability. 12. 10541. 10.3390/su122410541. 
  • Caldwell JM, LaBeaud AD, Lambin EF, Stewart-Ibarra AM, Ndenga BA, Mutuku FM, Krystosik AR, Ayala EB, Anyamba A, Borbor-Cordova MJ, Damoah R, Grossi-Soyster EN, Heras FH, Ngugi HN, Ryan SJ, Shah MM, Sippy R, Mordecai EA. Climate predicts geographic and temporal variation in mosquito-borne disease dynamics on two continents. Nat Commun. 2021 Feb 23;12(1):1233. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21496-7. PMID: 33623008; PMCID: PMC7902664.
  • 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 papers:

  • 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.

Tesis:

  • Borbor-Córdova M. (1999). A System Analysis of Banana and Shrimp production in Ecuador emphasizing their environmental impact on Coastal Ecosystems. Thesis, MSc. Environmental Sciences. State University of New York (SUNY). Syracuse-NY, USA.
  • Borbor-Córdova M. (1985). Cálculo de los coeficientes de difusión y dispersión de un tramo del estuario interior del Golfo de Guayaquil. Tesis, Oceanografía. FIMCM-ESPOL, Guayaquil.