Susan Quick CEng, MIET, MIOSH, MSc

Susan Quick

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research Fellow

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Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Susan Quick is a multi-disciplined part-time doctoral student researching in the fields of ecohydrology and plant science with Birmingham Institute for Forest Research (BIFoR). A retired chartered engineer and safety practitioner she has more than 40 years industrial work experience mainly in the rail industry. In addition to academic research she undertakes a range of citizen science volunteering tasks including monitoring tree health for Observatree and butterfly transects for Derbyshire Butterfly Conservation.  

Qualifications

  • CEng, MIET, MIOSH, MSc, BSc(Hons), PGCE (adult education)

Biography

More than 40 years industrial working experience mainly in the rail industry. I am now retired but in addition to my academic research I undertake a range of citizen science volunteering tasks including Observatree (tree pests and diseases) and butterfly transects for Derbyshire Butterfly Conservation.  

Doctoral research

Supervisor
Professor Dr Stefan Krause

Research

As a multi-disciplined part-time doctoral student with previous qualifications in engineering, I am now researching in the fields of ecohydrology and plant science with Birmingham Institute for Forest Research (BIFoR) and wish to share my early findings so as to become known in my field. 

For my doctoral research I carried out my field work and data collection at BIFoR free air carbon dioxide enrichment experiment (FACE), which is a long term but time limited experiment, to examine the effects of future levels of CO2 on mature temperate deciduous forests. Our interim results need to be disseminated early to inform policy regarding forest and their part in climate change mitigation. 

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Quick, SE, Curioni, G, Harper, NJ, Krause, S & MacKenzie, AR 2025, 'Water usage of old-growth oak at elevated CO2 in the FACE (Free-Air CO2 Enrichment) of climate change', Biogeosciences, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1557–1581. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-1557-2025

Rabbai, A, Wendt, DE, Curioni, G, Quick, SE, MacKenzie, AR, Hannah, DM, Kettridge, N, Ullah, S, Hart, KM & Krause, S 2023, 'Soil moisture and temperature dynamics in juvenile and mature forest as a result of tree growth, hydrometeorological forcings, and drought', Hydrological Processes, vol. 37, no. 6, e14919. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14919

Mackenzie, AR, Krause, S, Hart, KM, Thomas, RM, Blaen, PJ, Hamilton, RL, Curioni, G, Quick, SE, Kourmouli, A, Hannah, DM, Comer‐warner, SA, Brekenfeld, N, Ullah, S & Press, MC 2021, 'BIFoR FACE: water–soil–vegetation–atmosphere data from a temperate deciduous forest catchment, including under elevated CO2', Hydrological Processes, vol. 35, no. 3, e14096. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14096

Comment/debate

Kemppinen, J, Lembrechts, J, Van Meerbeerk, K & Quick, S 2024, 'Microclimate, an important part of ecology and biogeography', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 33, no. 6, e13834. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13834

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