Dr. Adriana Costa
Title
- Assistant Professor
Contact Information
adc751@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-3721
224 Franklin Center
Overview
Education
- University of São Paulo, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Botany
- University of São Paulo, Master of Science (M.S.) , Wood Science and Technology
- University of São Paulo, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) , Biological Sciences
Research Interests
Automated Wood Identification with Computer Vision
DNA-based Wood Identification
Forensic Wood Science
Wood Anatomy
Publications
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Owens, F. C., Ravindran, P., Costa, A., Shmulsky, R., Wiedenhoeft, A. C. 2024. Predicting Hardwood Porosity Domains: Toward Cascading Computer-Vision Wood Identification Models. Bioresources 19(4):9741 – 9772. Download |
| 2024 | Owens, F. C., Ravidran, P., Costa, A., Chavesta, M., Montenegro, R., Shmulsky, R., Wiedenhoeft , A. C. 2024. Robustness of a Macroscopic Computer-Vision Wood Identification Model to Digital Perturbations of Test Images. IAWA Journal Download |
| 2023 | Costa, A., Wiedenhoeft, A. C. 2023. On the possible functions of helical thickenings in conductive cells in wood. IAWA Journal 44(3-4):381-398. Download |
| 2023 | Ravindran, P., Owens, F. C., Costa, A., Pollastrelli Rodrigues, B., Chavesta, M., Montenegro, R., Shmulsky, R., Wiedenhoeft, A. C. 2023. Evaluation of test specimen surface preparation on macroscopic computer vision wood identification. Wood and Fiber Science 55(2):176-202. Download |
| 2023 | Amorim, T., Franca, F., Arango, R. A., Costa, A., Ogurunku, M. 2023. Properties of African mahogany wood commercially available in the U.S. Forest Products Journal 73(4):339-349. |
| 2022 | Costa, A., Giraldo, G., Bishell, A., He, T., Kirker, G., Wiedenhoeft, A. C. 2022. Organellar microcapture to extract nuclear and plastid DNA from recalcitrant wood specimens and trace evidence. Plant Methods 18(51). |
Awards & Honors
- George Marra Award
Society of Wood Science and Technology - Student Poster Competition
Mississippi State Univ. Dept. of Sustainable Bioproducts - Graduate Assistantship
Mississippi State University - Student Poster Competition
FPS International Conference - Honorary Fellow
Botany Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Most Highly Evaluated Instructor Award
Anhanguera College, Guarulhos, Brazil - Assistantship
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Assistantship
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - Scientific Initiation Assistantship
Institute of Technological Research of São Paulo, Brazil - Assistantship
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
Society Memberships
- Forest Products Society
- International Association of Wood Anatomists
- International Wood Collectors Society
- Society of Wood Science and Technology