Dr Peter Selle is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Poultry Research Foundation within the University of Sydney. He completed his BVSc at the University of Sydney in 1967 and was awarded a PhD in 2001 for his thesis 'Phytate and Phytase: Consequences for protein and energy utilisation in pigs and poultry'. After graduating, Selle worked for over twenty years at Bayer in various animal industries. In 1991, he joined BASF Animal Nutrition, where he contributed to evaluating phytase feed enzymes, securing APVMA registration in 1996. He led the first Natuphos broiler study at the University of Sydney Camden Campus in 1996, initiating extensive research on exogenous phytase at the Poultry Research Foundation, and helped develop initial nutrient matrices for growing pigs and broilers. In mid-2002, he became an Honorary Associate at the Foundation and was promoted to Adjunct Associate Professor in 2011.

Selle's research interests center on poultry nutrition, particularly phytase applications, sorghum's nutritive value for poultry diets, whole grain feeding, wet litter management, amino acid utilization in reduced-protein diets, and starch and protein digestion dynamics. He contributes to the AgriFutures Chicken Meat Consortium on alternative protein sources. Selle has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed journal papers, research articles, book chapters, and conference papers, including six phytate/phytase reviews—two in Nutrition Research Reviews cited more than 1200 times—and a 2007 review with Ravi Ravindran, the most cited paper in Animal Feed Science and Technology from 2007 to 2012. He has published over 20 works on sorghum, including two book chapters and two reviews. In 2024, Selle received the Australian Poultry Award for over 30 years of contributions to the industry. He has mentored young researchers such as Sonia Liu and Shemil Macelline, presented 44 papers at Australian Poultry Science Symposia since 1999, and edited proceedings seven times. His Google Scholar profile shows approximately 8,450 citations.

Professional Email: peter.selle@sydney.edu.au