Fyfe formerly lectured on the history of science and technology, typically nineteenth-century, at NUI Galway, c. 2000s.
[1] Since 2011 she has been based at the University of St Andrews and is Director of Research for the School of History.
Her research there is focused on the circulation and consumption of knowledge from the late seventeenth century onwards.
[6] Fyfe was awarded the 2013 Edelstein Prize, recognizing Steam-Powered Knowledge as best book on the history of technology.
[2] Steam-Powered Knowledge was also awarded the 2013 Robert and Vineta Colby Prize, by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals.