PhD Student James Adair Presents at Fall 2024 American Chemical Society!
September 14, 2024
James Adair, a 3rd year graduate student in the Goldfarb Lab (Biological & Environmental Engineering) gave an amazing talk at the Fall 2024 American Chemical Society National meeting on his work on designing a new biological approach to treat hydrothermal liquefaction process water!
Congratulations to San and James for receiving CALS Research Awards!
April 17, 2024
A BIG congratulations to James Adair for receiving the 2024 Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grant for his work on “Producing Bacterial Nanocellulose from Hydrothermal Process Waste” and to San Lin Htun for his 2024 Arthur Boller Research Award for his work on “Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Apple Pomace.” These competitive awards are granted by the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to encourage PhD students to pursue independent research projects. Both James and San wrote comprehensive research proposals detailing their hypotheses, proposed methods, expected results, impact of results and budget requests to win this funding.
Prof. Goldfarb and EME2Lab Moving to Cornell Chemical Engineering
July 25, 2023
The work we do in the EME2Lab is highly interdisciplinary, but at its core are the foundations of Chemical Engineering. As such, Prof. Goldfarb has accepted a new appointment as an Associate Professor in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Our lab will be transitioning down campus to Chemical Engineering over the next year (as we eagerly await the new Energy Cluster Lab renovations to be complete!). Students interested in graduate study in our group should apply to the Chemical Engineering program via the Cornell Graduate School.
Prof Goldfarb’s Team Receives $1M NSF Award to Develop Roadmap for Sustainable Upstate NY Bioeconomy
May 20, 2023
Upstate NY is primed for change… and Prof. Goldfarb was recently award a $1M NSF Regional Innovation Engines Development Award to help transition Upstate New York from a fossil-fuel dependent, economically declining region to a sustainable Climate Smart Bioeconomy (CSB). The current NYS legislative environment creates a timely opportunity to develop a CSB. Leveraging policies like the NYS Climate Act, Upstate 2.0 will expand the bioeconomy in Upstate NY, a predominantly rural region with several urban centers of limited economic growth for over 30 years. We will develop technological solutions to global sustainability challenges, and a workforce ready to …
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Congratulations to Dr. Zoe Pollard
December 20, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Zoe Pollard on her entrance into the academy. Her thesis designed new materials for environmental remediation – from fabrication and scaling activated carbon systems to statistically guided approaches to sustainable polymer foams for photocatalytic water treatment.
Prof. Goldfarb Selected as Delegate to U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science Symposium
September 13, 2022
Prof Goldfarb was selected as a U.S. National Academies of Science Delegate to the first U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science Symposium. She’ll be headed to Kenya in mid-October to learn from US and African scientists working at the forefront of science, engineering and medicine.
EME2Lab @ ACS Fall 2022 in Chicago, Prof Goldfarb Chairs National Meeting
August 22, 2022
Look out, Chicago! The EME2Lab is at the Fall 2022 American Chemical Society National Meeting to introduce a host of new research projects to the community! This meeting is extra-special for us, as Prof. Goldfarb is Co-Chair of the meeting theme, “Sustainability in a Changing World.” You can find out more on the ACS Website, including (coming soon!) a recording of the Opening Session, “Chemistry’s Role in Sustainability,” chaired by Prof. Goldfarb.
Congratulations to Dr. Hubble on his successful PhD Defense!
April 19, 2022
Dr. Andrew Hubble successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, “Re-engineering the Biorefinery: Catalytic Upgrading of Biofuel Pyrolysis.” Congratulations to EME2Lab’s newly minted doctorate!
Prof. Goldfarb wins NSF CAREER Award
March 7, 2022
Prof. Goldfarb was recently awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for her Project: “CAREER: Manipulating Polarity to Enhance Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass for Biofuels.” Over the next 5 years her team will explore new approaches to controlling the hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass to biofuels through fundamental thermodynamic process endpoints. In addition to the advances made in terms of HTL, the Educational Component of …
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Prof. Goldfarb Takes Reins as Principal Editor of Fuel
February 17, 2022
This year marks not only the 100th Birthday of Fuel, but also the first time a woman – Prof. Jillian Goldfarb – has served as its Principal Editor. In her first letter from the Editor, Prof Goldfarb writes:
The advances we’ve made toward being an inclusive community are reflected in our increasingly diverse reviewer pools and Editorial boards. While we still have a long way to go, I am encouraged by the progress we’ve made, and I am committed to ensuring fair and equitable evaluation of all authors’ work. To quote Sir. George Beilby in his Forward to the …
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