Her research explores issues surrounding energy generation and its impact on the environment, and is funded by the National Science Foundation, the Eppley Foundation, and by the Proctor & Gamble Corporate Sustainability Program. Her laboratory transforms carbonaceous waste into renewable fuels while simultaneously producing materials for environmental remediation, water treatment, fuel upgrading, and other applications. She is currently the American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry Fall National Meeting Program Chair. Dr. Goldfarb has received an American Chemical Society Leadership Development Award and a Fulbright Scholar Award, and was named a 2017 American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute Rising Star for her work on the Integrated Biorefinery.