Raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Sarah Dolman received an Hon. B.Sc. from the University of Toronto in 1999, where she studied Mathematics & Chemistry. She then pursued graduate studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the guidance of Professor Richard Schrock, obtaining her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 2004. Sarah joined the Process Research Department at Merck & Co., Inc. as a Senior Research Chemist in Montreal, Quebec. In 2008, Sarah moved to the Rahway, NJ site of Merck & Co., Inc. where she is currently a Research Fellow.