Sue Barrell ita ce Babban Masanin Kimiyya a Ofishin Yanayi (BoM). A cikin 2013 ta sami lambar yabo ta Fellow of the Academy of Technology and Engineering (FTSE). A cikin 2018, an zaɓi Barrell Mataimakin Shugaban Kimiyya da Fasaha na Ostiraliya. Daga cikin wasu batutuwa, ta yi aiki kan sa ido kan manufofin kimiyya na duniya, bincike da manufofi, da abubuwan lura da teku-duniya. Barrell ita ce mace ta farko da ta kasance ƙwararren masanin yanayi don shiga babbar ƙungiyar zartarwa ta BoM. Ita ce mace ta farko da aka zaba a matsayin shugabancin Hukumar Fasaha ta WMO (Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa, Hukumar Kula da Tsare-Tsare-tsare) kuma ta kasance daya daga cikin masu hasashen mata na farko. a kasan t ce matimakiyar shugabar Hukumar Kula da Yanayi ta Duniya (WMO) don Tsarin Tsarin Mulki. Bugu da ƙari, Barrell ta yi aiki a matsayin mamba a Majalisar Ƙirƙirar Masana'antar Sararin Samaniya ta Australiya. Bugu da ari, ita ce Babban Wakilin Ostiraliya zuwa Ƙungiyar Kula da Duniya (GEO).