Lynne Selwood AO FRSV (née Bedford)[1] is an Australian reproductive biologist whose work focuses on marsupials.
Selwood was educated at the University of Sydney, graduating with a BSc in 1960 and an MSc in 1963 for her thesis "Histological and cytochemical studies on development in Bembicium nanum (Lamarck) (Gastropoda Littorinidae)".
[3][4] She worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of New South Wales from 1967 to 1970 before moving to London from 1972 to 1974.
[6] Selwood was a member of the Council of the Royal Society of Victoria and, in 2010, was the first woman to be elected president since its inauguration in 1854.
[9] Selwood was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours.