[1] She is currently a Deputy Dean and Professor in the Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies at AUT.

Suzanne was a full Professor in the School of Built Environment at Massey University in Auckland.

Suzanne has PhD in Construction Management, and a BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering, both from Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Her current research focuses on disaster management, construction innovation, resilience and smart cities.

[2] After a 1993 PhD titled 'Entry to Employment : Choices made by qualified women civil engineers leaving higher education' at the Oxford Brookes University, she moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full Professor in 2.0In 2020, she re ed ng to her new position as Director of postgraduate studies in the School of Built Environment and Associate Dean (Research) in the College of Sciences at Massey University.