[4] Quek is part of the Riddet Institute Centre of Research Excellence.
[5] Quek won a gold medal at the Geneva International Exhibition of Invention in 2005.
Quek won a Gold Medal at the University of Putra Malaysia's University Invention & Research Competition in 2002, and won the 2002 National Invention and Innovation Competition on Science & Technology, run by the Ministry of Sciences, Technology and Environment of Malaysia.
[1] In 2012 she was made Fellow of New Zealand Institute of Food Science & Technology.
[1][2] Quek is a Guest Professor of Jiangnan University and the Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science.