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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2020
Journal Article
The nutritional potential of the native Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata) compared to other Anacardiaceae fruit and nuts
Fyfe, Selina, Smyth, Heather E., Schirra, Horst Joachim, Rychlik, Michael and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2020). The nutritional potential of the native Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata) compared to other Anacardiaceae fruit and nuts. Frontiers in Nutrition, 7 600215, 600215. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.600215
2020
Conference Publication
Effects of fruit maturity on physicochemical properties, sugar accumulation and antioxidant capacity of wild harvested Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana)
Phan, Anh D. T., Damyeh, Maral S., Chaliha, Mridusmita, Akter, Saleha, Fyfe, Selina A., Netzel, Michael E, Cozzolino, Daniel and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2020). Effects of fruit maturity on physicochemical properties, sugar accumulation and antioxidant capacity of wild harvested Kakadu plum (Terminalia ferdinandiana). 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods (MDPI), Online, 10-25 November 2020. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI.
2020
Conference Publication
The nutritional potential of the Australian Green Plum (Buchanania obovata)
Fyfe, Selina, Smyth, Heather E., Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Rychlik, Michael, Sultanbawa, Yasmina and Schirra, Horst Joachim (2020). The nutritional potential of the Australian Green Plum (Buchanania obovata). Metabolomics 2020: The 16th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society, Online, 27 - 29 October 2020.
2020
Book Chapter
Ethnic foodomics: metabolomics studies of ethnic foods
Fyfe, Selina, Chaliha, Mridusmita, Netzel, Michael E. and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2020). Ethnic foodomics: metabolomics studies of ethnic foods. Reference module in food science. (pp. 1-13) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-08-100596-5.22794-7
2019
Journal Article
Influence of storage temperature and different packaging on the physicochemical quality of fresh-cut ‘Perola’ pineapple
Lima, Paula Cristina Carvalho, de Souza, Bianca Sarzi and Fyfe, Selina (2019). Influence of storage temperature and different packaging on the physicochemical quality of fresh-cut ‘Perola’ pineapple. Idesia, 37 (2), 13-19. doi: 10.4067/S0718-34292019000200013
2019
Conference Publication
Roadmap for researchers studying northern Australian endemic plant foods
Fyfe, Selina, Smyth, Heather and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2019). Roadmap for researchers studying northern Australian endemic plant foods. International Tropical Agriculture Conference 2019, Brisbane, Australia, 11-13 November 2019.
2018
Journal Article
Buchanania obovata: An Australian Indigenous food for diet diversification
Fyfe, Selina A., Netzel, Michael E., Tinggi, Ujang, Biehl, Eva M. and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2018). Buchanania obovata: An Australian Indigenous food for diet diversification. Nutrition and Dietetics, 75 (5), 527-532. doi: 10.1111/1747-0080.12437
2018
Journal Article
Buchanania obovata: functionality and phytochemical profiling of the Australian native green plum
Fyfe, Selina A., Netzel, Gabriele, Netzel, Michael E. and Sultanbawa, Yasmina (2018). Buchanania obovata: functionality and phytochemical profiling of the Australian native green plum. Foods, 7 (5) 71, 71. doi: 10.3390/foods7050071
2018
Journal Article
Influence of cut, packaging and storage temperature on physicochemical aspects of minimally processed Carica papaya cv. ‘Formosa’
Lima, Paula Cristina Carvalho, Souza, Bianca Sarzi and Fyfe, Selina (2018). Influence of cut, packaging and storage temperature on physicochemical aspects of minimally processed Carica papaya cv. ‘Formosa’. Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental, 9 (1). doi: 10.22490/21456453.2093
2018
Conference Publication
Sensory vocabulary for five native Australian plant foods and five native Australian leaf teas
Fyfe, S., Sultanbawa, Y. and Smyth, H. (2018). Sensory vocabulary for five native Australian plant foods and five native Australian leaf teas. Australian and New Zealand Sensory and Consumer Science Symposium, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 5-7 February 2018.
2017
Conference Publication
Buchanania obovata: An Australian Indigenous food for diet diversification
Fyfe, S., Netzel, M., Tinggi, U., Biehl, E. and Sultanbawa, Y. (2017). Buchanania obovata: An Australian Indigenous food for diet diversification. TropAg2017, International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, Qld, Australa, 20-22 November 2017.
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