Linzi Wilson-Wilde

Linzi Marianne Wilson-Wilde is an Australian forensic scientist. In February 2021, she took up the position of Director of Forensic Science SA. She was formerly the director of the National Institute of Forensic Science, working for that organisation for 12 years.

She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2003 for her services with the police during Operation Alliance.

Wilson-Wilde was also involved in the controversial mass-DNA screening of men in the New South Wales town of Wee Waa in 2000, in an attempt to track down a man who had bashed and raped an elderly woman.

In 2011, Wilson-Wilde received a PhD from the University of Canberra after writing her doctoral thesis, Species Identification in Wildlife Crime Investigations using Diprotodontia.

Wilson-Wilde was added to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2014.

In the past, Wilson-Wilde has voiced concerns about forensic television dramas such as CSI, accusing the producers of exaggerating the work forensic scientists undertake.