She is a past President of the International Association of Urban Climate (IAUC) and past Lead Expert for the WMO on Urban and Building Climatology. Sue is on the editorial board of Urban Climate; and previously Editor for Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology and member of the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Geography Compass (Climatology Editor) and Advances in Meteorology Editorial boards. Her Awards include: Doctor of Science Honoris Causa (Göteborg University), Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship (NUS), Universitatis Lodziensis Amico Medal (University of Łódź), Helmut E Landsberg Award (AMS), Luke Howard Award (IAUC); Ernest Frolich Fellowship (CSIRO), Japan Society for Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship (University of Tokyo), Eminent Professor Visit Award (Monash University). She is a Visiting Professor of National Centre for International Research of Low-carbon and Green Buildings (MOST)/ Joint International Research Laboratory of Green Buildings and the Built Environments (MoE) Chongqing University, Visiting Distinguished Professor, Tsinghua University, Visiting Special Expert, Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.