Professor Sue Hartley OBE
Sue leads on the СŷÊÓƵ’s research and innovation activity, including research excellence, СŷÊÓƵ Research Centres, Research Excellence Framework (REF), research income and impact, as well as overseeing the СŷÊÓƵ’s innovation, partnerships, and commercialisation activities.
Sue joined the СŷÊÓƵ in January 2020 as Vice-President for Research.
Sue now leads on the СŷÊÓƵ’s research and innovation activity, including research excellence, the centres of excellence, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), research income and impact, as well as overseeing the СŷÊÓƵ’s innovation, partnerships, and commercialisation activities.
Before coming to Sheffield, Sue was Director of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute, a pioneering interdisciplinary research partnership generating solutions to global environmental challenges, at the СŷÊÓƵ of York. She was also the СŷÊÓƵ of York's Research Champion for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience, driving a range of research activities with colleagues from multiple disciplines and external partners.
Sue has served as a trustee of , as a board member of , the UK Government’s statutory adviser for the natural environment in England, and as President of the .
Her research interests focus on understanding how plants adapt to their environment and how they defend themselves against the organisms that attack them. The findings improve the resilience of crops to climate change, inform agricultural policy, and aim to increase the environmental sustainability of agriculture.