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Ricardo Costa completed the Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Forestry and Natural Resources Engineering in 2019 and 2015, respectively, in School of Agriculture from University of Lisbon. He is currently a PhD student in Sustainable Land Use, specialization in Forests and Natural Resources in the same University. Since 2019 he has published 8 articles in peer-reviewed journals (2 as leading author) and participated in various conferences as oral and poster presentations. His research and field of expertise pertains the full integration of by-products in a biorefinery concept and the zero waste philosophy: wood and nod-wood lignocellulosic materials characterization, extractives analysis and antioxidant activity, pulp and paper production and characterization. He has experience in various techniques: GC-MS, PY/GC-MS, FTIR, NIR.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ricardo Alexandre Rodrigues Costa

Citation names

  • Costa, Ricardo A.
  • Costa, Ricardo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B019-E515-3FD2

Email addresses

  • ricardoarc24@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (+351) 968461160 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 1349-017, Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, Portugal (Professional)
  • Rua Azedo Gneco 47, 1350-032, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Personal)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2015/08/31 - 2019/01/28
Concluded
 Forestry and Natural Resources Engineering (Master)
Major in Forestry Products Engineering
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 16
2012/09/01 - 2015/07/17
Concluded
 Forestry and Natural Resources Engineering (Bachelor)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
 12
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2024/11/15 - 2025/12/31 SAP4CircularAgriculture: Super Absorbent Polymer for Circular Agriculture
PRR-C05-i03-I-000239
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos Florestais, Portugal
Concluded
2020/05/01 - 2020/09/30 Clean Forest - Gestão e valorização dos resíduos florestais na perspectiva dupla da prevenção de incêndios e na produção de bioenergia sustentável e competitiva para as regiões do interior
PCIF/GVB/0167/2018
Research Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal
Concluded
2019/05/01 - 2019/12/31 InCork - Avaliação da influência da estrutura interna na transmissão de oxigénio de rolhas de cortiça, por técnicas não destrutivas, para o desenvolvimento de uma nova classificação qualitativa
5421-QREN
Research Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Gominho, Jorge; Costa, Ricardo; Neiva, Duarte; Araújo, Solange; Quilhó, Teresa; Lourenço, Ana. Corresponding author: Lourenço, Ana. "Acacia biomass exploitation: a tool to reduce wildfires risk in unmanaged forestlands – Acacia4FirePrev project". Paper presented in CIADYCIP 2022 – Iberoamerican Congress on Pulp and Paper Research, Girona, 2022.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, Ana; Gominho, Jorge; Kukic, Dragana; Vasic, Vesna; Antov, Mirjana; Sciban, Marina. "Adsorption properties of lignin extracted from pine nuts industry by-products". Paper presented in CA17128 LignoCOST Conference on Lignin valorization and Working Groups, 2023.
  2. Lourenço, Ana; Costa, Ricardo; Kukic, Dragana; Vasic, Vesna; Antov, Mirjana; Sciban, Marina; Gominho, Jorge. "Blackberry lignin characterization – first results". Paper presented in CA17128 LignoCOST Conference on Lignin valorization and Working Groups, 2023.
  3. Kukic, Dragana; Vasic, Vesna; Costa, Ricardo; Neiva, Duarte; Lourenço, Ana; Gominho, Jorge; Antov, Mirjana; Sciban, Marina. "Valorization of blackberry agro-residues under the biorefinery concept for wastewater treatment". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Advanced Production and Processing, 2022.
  4. Vasic, Vesna; Kukic, Dragana; Sciban, Marina; Antov, Mirjana; Gominho, Jorge; Lourenço, Ana; Costa, Ricardo; Neiva, Duarte. "Blackberry stem lignin as a biosorbent for removal of Cr(VI) ions from wastewater". Paper presented in 1st TwiNSOL-CECs Workshop - Advance multicompound analyses and novel solutions for protection of environmental resources with contaminants of emerging concern in focus, 2022.
  5. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, Ana; Patrício, Helena; Quilhó, Teresa; Gominho, Jorge. "Caracterização e valorização dos resíduos gerados pela indústria do pinhão". Paper presented in 9º Congresso Florestal Nacional - Sustentabilidade da floresta portuguesa: valorizar, um desafio colectivo, 2022.
  6. Lourenço, Ana; Neiva, Duarte; Costa, Ricardo; Chemetova, Catarina; Gominho, Jorge; Neiva, Duarte. "Acacias residues as feedstock for value-added products". Paper presented in 9º Congresso Florestal Nacional, 2022.
  7. Neiva, Duarte M.; Costa, Ricardo; Araújo, Solange; Gominho, Jorge. "Acacia bark chemical variability". Paper presented in 16th European Workshop on Lignocellulosics and Pulp (EWLP), 2022.
  8. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, Ana; Neiva, Duarte; Gominho, Jorge. "Pulp and handsheets potential of pre-treated E. globulus stumps in a biorefinery context". Paper presented in CIADYCIP 2022 – Iberoamerican Congress on Pulp and Paper Research, 2022.
  9. Lourenço, Ana; Costa, Ricardo; Gominho, Jorge. "New add-value products: the valorization of Acacias residues". Paper presented in 18th International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries, 2022.
  10. Costa, Ricardo A.; Neiva, Duarte M.; Gominho, Jorge; Suzana Ferreira-Dias; Helena Pereira. "Autohydrolysis followed by enzymatic saccharification: potential alternative valorization for bark residues". Paper presented in Encontro com a Ciencia e Tecnologia 2022, 2022.
  11. Kukic, Dragana; Lourenço, Ana; Costa, Ricardo; Gominho, Jorge; Vasic, Vesna; Antov, Mirjana; Sciban, Marina. "Interpretation of adsorption isotherms for chromium(VI) removal from aqueous solutions by eucalypt lignin". Paper presented in CA17128 LignoCOST Conference on Lignin valorization and Working Groups, 2021.
  12. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, Ana; Neiva, Duarte M.; Miranda, Isabel; Gominho, Jorge; Pereira, Helena. "Effect of pre-treatments in the lignin monomeric composition and quality of pulp of eucalypt stumps integrated in a biorefinery context". Paper presented in New Horizons in Biotechnology, 2019.
  13. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, Ana; Gominho, Jorge; Antov, M; Vasi¿, V; S¿iban, M. "Screening of Cr6+ adsorption potential of lignin isolated from eucalypt stumps". Paper presented in LignoCOST co-located joint Working Groups & 3rd MC meeting, Régua, Portugal, 2019.
  14. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, A.; Neiva, D.M.; Gominho, J.; Pereira, H.. "Can pre-treatments improve the eucalypt stumps for their application in a biorefinery context?". Paper presented in 4ECQUL Chemistry at ULisboa – 4th Meeting of the College of Chemistry, 2019.
  15. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, Ana; Neiva, Duarte M.; Gominho, Jorge; Helena, Pereira. "Can pre-treatments improve the application of E. globulus stumps in a biorefinery context?". Paper presented in Ciência2019, 2019.
  16. Costa, R.; Lourenço, A.; Gominho, J.; Pereira, H.. "Chemical composition of cork, phloem and xylem of Quercus suber L. from different provenances". Paper presented in 3ECQUL Chemistry at ULisboa – 3rd Meeting of the College of Chemistry, 2018.
  17. Lourenço, A.; Costa, R.; Neiva, D.M.; Gominho, J.; Pereira, H.. "Variation of lignin monomeric composition during pulping and bleaching of eucalypt stumpwood: A Py-GC/MS approach". Paper presented in 15th European workshop on lignocellulosics and pulp, 2018.
  18. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, A.; Neiva, D.M.; Gominho, J.; Pereira, H.. "Lignin monomerical variation during eucalypt stumps pulping and bleaching". Paper presented in 3ECQUL Chemistry at ULisboa – 3rd Meeting of the College of Chemistry, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Costa, Ricardo A.; Lukic, Dragana; Vasic, Vesna; Sulaeva, Irina; Rosenau, Thomas; Lourenço, Ana; Antov, Mirjana; Gominho, Jorge. "Valorization of lignin from by-products of the pine nut industry: Chromium (VI) bioadsorption and reduction". Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment 13 (2026): 100308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scenv.2025.100308.
    Published • 10.1016/j.scenv.2025.100308
  2. Caeiro, Ana T.; Costa, Ricardo A.; Neiva, Duarte M.; Silva, Jéssica; Marrão, Rosalina; Bento, Albino; Saraiva, Nuno; et al. "Harnessing and Evaluating Almond Hulls and Shells for Bio-Based Products". Environments 12 10 (2025): 369. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12100369.
    Published • 10.3390/environments12100369
  3. Malengue, Abílio; Lourenço, Ana; Costa, Ricardo A.; Patrício, Helena; Quilhó, Teresa; Gominho, Jorge. "Unraveling the anatomical and chemical complexity of wood and bark of Omone (Isoberlinia angolensis): Potential applications". Industrial Crops and Products 227 (2025): 120847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.120847.
    Published • 10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.120847
  4. Gominho, Jorge; Costa, Ricardo A.; Habrant, Anouck; Chabbert, Brigitte; Lourenço, Ana. "Unlocking the potential of undervalued forest residues: a comprehensive characterization of eucalypt stump in the biorefinery context". Wood Science and Technology 59 2 (2025): 33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-025-01640-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s00226-025-01640-y
  5. Malengue, Abílio; Lourenço, Ana; Patrício, Helena; Costa, Ricardo A.; Quilhó, Teresa; Gominho, Jorge. "Tropical mobola plum (Parinari Curatellifolia): a full characterization of wood and bark within the scope of biorefineries". European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 82 4 (2024): 1021-1035. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00107-024-02074-2.
    Published • 10.1007/s00107-024-02074-2
  6. Costa, Ricardo A.; Lourenço, Ana; Patrício, Helena; Quilhó, Teresa; Gominho, Jorge. "Valorization of Pine Nut Industry Residues on a Biorefinery Concept". Waste and Biomass Valorization (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02068-w.
    Published • 10.1007/s12649-023-02068-w
  7. Lourenço, Ana; Kukic, Dragana; Vasic, Vesna; Costa, Ricardo A.; Antov, Mirjana; Šciban, Marina; Gominho, Jorge. "Valorisation of Lignocellulosic Wastes, the Case Study of Eucalypt Stumps Lignin as Bioadsorbent for the Removal of Cr(VI)". Molecules 27 19 (2022): 6246. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules27196246.
    10.3390/molecules27196246
  8. Vangeel, Thijs; Neiva, Duarte M.; Quilhó, Teresa; Costa, Ricardo A.; Sousa, Vicelina; Sels, Bert F.; Pereira, Helena. "Tree bark characterization envisioning an integrated use in a biorefinery". Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01362-8.
    Published • 10.1007/s13399-021-01362-8
  9. Gominho, Jorge; Costa, Ricardo A.; Lourenço, Ana; Quilhó, Teresa; Pereira, Helena. "Eucalyptus globulus Stumps Bark: Chemical and Anatomical Characterization Under a Valorisation Perspective". Waste and Biomass Valorization (2020):
    Published
  10. Neiva, Duarte M.; Costa, Ricardo A.; Gominho, Jorge; Ferreira-Dias, Suzana; Pereira, Helena. "Fractionation and valorization of industrial bark residues by autohydrolysis and enzymatic saccharification". Bioresource Technology Reports (2020): 100441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2020.100441.
    Published • 10.1016/j.biteb.2020.100441
  11. Costa, Ricardo; Lourenço, Ana; Oliveira, Vanda; Pereira, Helena. "Chemical characterization of cork, phloem and wood from different Quercus suber provenances and trees". Heliyon 5 12 (2019): e02910. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02910.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02910
  12. Gominho, J.; Costa, R.; Lourenço, A.; Neiva, D.M.; Pereira, H.. "The effect of different pre-treatments to improve delignification of eucalypt stumps in a biorefinery context". Bioresource Technology Reports 6 (2019): 89-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2019.02.004.
    10.1016/j.biteb.2019.02.004
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Costa, Ricardo. "Chemical composition of cork, phloem and xylem of Quercus suber L. from different provenances". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, 2019.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/10/22 From waste to resources: harnessing pinecone derived-lignin for sustainable chromium VI adsorption XXVI Conferência Internacional – Forest Biobased Materials – TECNICELPA 2025
Tecnicelpa (Tomar, Portugal)
2025/04/05 Revelar o potencial das cúpulas de carvalho como matéria-prima de base biológica ACORNDEW: Seminário da Investigação à Aplicação
Escola Superior Agrária de Bragança (Bragança, Portugal)
2023/11/22 Tailoring the valorization of by-products from the pine nuts industry Pinea Spot
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/10/12 Lipophilic extracts from eucalypt and acacias biomass - a valorization route under the biorefining context Forest Biobased Materials – TECNICELPA 2023
(Coimbra, Portugal)
2022/06/28 Valorization of Eucalyptus globulus and Picea abies bark: An autohydrolysis followed by enzymatic saccharification approach 16th European Workshop on Lignocellulisics and Pulp (EWLP)
(Gothenburg, Sweden)

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2023/03/20 - 2023/03/31 Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) by COST Action CA17128 hosted by Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering in Vienna, Austria, with the title "Organosolv extraction and precipitation of lignin from bi-products generated by the pine nut industry" Technische Universität Wien Institut für Verfahrenstechnik Umwelttechnik und Technische Biowissenschaften, Austria
2022/07/04 - 2022/07/22 Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) by COST Action CA17128 hosted by Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, Serbia, with the title "Adsorption properties of lignin isolated from blackberry canes" Univerzitet u Novom Sadu Tehnološki fakultet, Serbia