Overview
Background
Selina Fyfe is a research scientist in food systems, food science and food composition who holds a Research Fellow position at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI). Her research special interests include plant foods, traditional foods and food security. Selina's current research projects focus on food systems and on food composition. Her PhD thesis was on the Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata) and included food chemistry, metabolomics, multivariate statistical analysis, food composition and nutrition profiles, food sensory analysis and descriptions, physical properties, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), fruit growth and maturation, and responsible research. Prior to food science, she was a multi-skilled medical scientist working in pathology laboratories and this background deepens her application of food science and her knowledge of the food system.
Availability
- Dr Selina Fyfe is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Science, Queensland University of Technology
- Certificate IV of Teaching English as a Second Language, North Queensland College of Ministry
- Graduate Diploma in Divinity, The Australian College of Theology
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Health, James Cook University
- Masters (Coursework) of Food Science and Technology, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Food Science and Technology, The University of Queensland
Works
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2025
Conference Publication
Exploring the complexity of food systems assessments: a systematic literature review of frameworks and indicators
Subedi, Yuba Raj, Godde, Cecile, Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa, Farr, Jeremy and Fyfe, Selina (2025). Exploring the complexity of food systems assessments: a systematic literature review of frameworks and indicators. TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
The composition of food composition databases globally
Fyfe, Selina, Hine, Damian and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2025). The composition of food composition databases globally. TropAg 2025 Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 11-13 November 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Food Composition Databases in the Food System: A Global Survey and Analysis
Fyfe, Selina, Hine, Damian and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2025). Food Composition Databases in the Food System: A Global Survey and Analysis. Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 September - 3 October 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
A Global food composition database analysis for food system transformation
Fyfe, Selina, Hine, Damian and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2025). A Global food composition database analysis for food system transformation. 14th International Food Data Conference, Rome, Italy, 1-3 September 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Australian Acacia species: a nutrient-dense food crop for diet diversity and climate resilience
Adiamo, Oladipupo, Fyfe, Selina and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2025). Australian Acacia species: a nutrient-dense food crop for diet diversity and climate resilience. 14th International Food Data Conference, Rome, Italy, 1-3 September 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Exploring the complexity of food systems assessments: a systematic literature review of frameworks and indicators
Subedi, Yuba Raj, Godde, Cecile, Korale-Gedara, Pradeepa, Farr, Jeremy and Fyfe, Selina (2025). Exploring the complexity of food systems assessments: a systematic literature review of frameworks and indicators. Global Food Security, 46 100881, 100881. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2025.100881
2025
Conference Publication
A comparative study of methanol solvent systems for NMR and FT-ICR-MS untargeted metabolomics of Australian native fruit
Fyfe, Selina, Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Harir, Mourad, Rychlik, Michael, Smyth, Heather E., Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Schirra, Horst Joachim (2025). A comparative study of methanol solvent systems for NMR and FT-ICR-MS untargeted metabolomics of Australian native fruit. AUS-oMicS 2025, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 18-21 May 2025.
2023
Journal Article
Physical properties and magnetic resonance imaging of the Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata) through maturity and ripening and across locations
Fyfe, Selina, Smyth, Heather E., Schirra, Horst Joachim, Rychlik, Michael, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Kurniawan, Nyoman D. (2023). Physical properties and magnetic resonance imaging of the Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata) through maturity and ripening and across locations. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 205 112494, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2023.112494
2022
Conference Publication
Future flavours from the past: sensory analysis of fruits from Arnhem Land
Fyfe, Selina, Schirra, Horst Joachim, Rychlik, Michael, van Doorn, Anne Marie, Tinngi, Ujang, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Smyth, Heather E. (2022). Future flavours from the past: sensory analysis of fruits from Arnhem Land. International Agriculture Conference (TropAg 2022), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Folate vitamers of the native Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata)
Fyfe, Selina, Hong, Hung, Schirra, Horst Joachim, Smyth, Heather E., Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Rychlik, Michael (2022). Folate vitamers of the native Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata). International Agriculture Conference (TropAg 2022), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 31 October - 2 November 2022.
2022
Book Chapter
Australian Green Plum ( Buchanania obovata )
Fyfe, Selina, Schirra, Horst Joachim, Rychlik, Michael, Smyth, Heather E. and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2022). Australian Green Plum ( Buchanania obovata ). Handbook of Phytonutrients in Indigenous Fruits and Vegetables. (pp. 219-227) GB: CABI. doi: 10.1079/9781789248067.0014
2022
Journal Article
Folate vitamers in the Australian green plum: through growth and ripening and across locations
Fyfe, Selina, Hong, Hung, Schirra, Horst Joachim, Smyth, Heather E., Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Rychlik, Michael (2022). Folate vitamers in the Australian green plum: through growth and ripening and across locations. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9 1006393, 1006393. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1006393
2022
Other Outputs
Characterising the potential of the green plum (Buchanania obovata) as a native Australian fruit
Fyfe, Selina (2022). Characterising the potential of the green plum (Buchanania obovata) as a native Australian fruit. PhD Thesis, Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/f4f4600
2022
Conference Publication
NMR and FT-ICR-MS metabolomics of Australian native Green Plum fruit
Fyfe, Selina, Smyth, Heather E., Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Harir, Mourad, Rychlik, Michael, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Schirra, Horst Joachim (2022). NMR and FT-ICR-MS metabolomics of Australian native Green Plum fruit. CSIRO Cutting-edge Symposium on Integrated Systems Biology, Brisbane, Australia, 18-20 May 2022. Australia: CSIRO.
2022
Journal Article
Future flavours from the past: sensory and nutritional profiles of green plum (Buchanania obovata), red bush apple (Syzygium suborbiculare) and wild peach (Terminalia carpentariae) from East Arnhem Land, Australia
Fyfe, Selina, Schirra, Horst Joachim, Rychlik, Michael, van Doorn, Annemarie, Tinngi, Ujang, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Smyth, Heather E (2022). Future flavours from the past: sensory and nutritional profiles of green plum (Buchanania obovata), red bush apple (Syzygium suborbiculare) and wild peach (Terminalia carpentariae) from East Arnhem Land, Australia. Future Foods, 5 100136, 100136. doi: 10.1016/j.fufo.2022.100136
2022
Journal Article
The Framework for Responsible Research With Australian Native Plant Foods: A Food Chemist's Perspective
Fyfe, Selina, Smyth, Heather E., Schirra, Horst Joachim, Rychlik, Michael and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2022). The Framework for Responsible Research With Australian Native Plant Foods: A Food Chemist's Perspective. Frontiers in Nutrition, 8 738627, 738627. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.738627
2021
Journal Article
The effect of maturity and season on health‐related bioactive compounds in wild harvested fruit of Terminalia ferdinandiana (Exell)
Phan, Anh Dao Thi, Damyeh, Maral Seidi, Chaliha, Mridusmita, Akter, Saleha, Fyfe, Selina, Netzel, Michael E., Cozzolino, Daniel and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2021). The effect of maturity and season on health‐related bioactive compounds in wild harvested fruit of Terminalia ferdinandiana (Exell). International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 56 (12), 6431-6442. doi: 10.1111/ijfs.15350
2021
Conference Publication
Future flavours from the past: sensory analysis of fruit from an Australian Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land
Fyfe, Selina, Sultanbawa, Yasmina, Schirra, Horst Joachim and Smyth, Heather (2021). Future flavours from the past: sensory analysis of fruit from an Australian Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. 14th Pangborn Sensory Science Symposium: Sustainable Sensory Science, Online, 9-12 August 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Metabolite differences in the Green Plum (Buchanania obovata) fruit occur through maturation and ripening and between geographical locations
Fyfe, Selina, Smyth, Heather E, Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Harir, Mourad, Rychlik, Michael, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Schirra, Horst Joachim (2021). Metabolite differences in the Green Plum (Buchanania obovata) fruit occur through maturation and ripening and between geographical locations. Metabolomics 2021 Online: The 17th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society, Online, 22-24 June 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Sensory profiling of summer fruit from East Arnhem Land
Fyfe, Selina, Sultanbawa, Yasmina, Schirra, Horst Joachim, Rychlik, Michael and Smyth, Heather E. (2021). Sensory profiling of summer fruit from East Arnhem Land. The 15th NZOZ Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium, A Virtual Conference, 9-11 February 2021. New Zealand:
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