After graduating from the University of Bath in 2004, Sarah spent a year working at a small Biotech company called GeneSys, who are dedicated to the research of DNA modifying enzymes. After a year in industry Sarah returned to the University of Bath to obtain her PhD which focused on the directed-evolution of Taq DNA Polymerase. In 2009 she joined the High-Throughput sequencing group and currently works as a research scientist in the process improvement team.