Sarah Gille kwararre ce ta jiki a Cibiyar Nazarin Tekun Duniya ta Scripps da aka sani da bincikenta kan rawar da Tekun Kudu ke takawa a tsarin yanayin duniya. Gille ta sami digiri na farko B.S. daga Jami'ar Yale a 1988, da kuma Ph.D. a cikin 1995 a cikin Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts-Woods Hole Oceanographic Haɗin gwiwar Cibiyar Fasaha. Binciken Ph.D. ta ya yi amfani da tauraron dan adam don auna bambancin sararin samaniya da na ɗan lokaci a tsayin saman teku a cikin Tekun Kudancin, gami da ƙirar waɗannan bayanai. Bayan aikinta na digiri na uku, Gille ta kara horarwa a matsayin mai binciken digiri na biyu a Scripps Institution of Oceanography da Jami'ar Gabashin Anglia. Gille ta karɓi matsayin baiwa a Jami'ar California, Irvine. A cikin 2000 ta koma Jami'ar California, San Diego inda, har zuwa wannan kwanan wata, tana haɗin gwiwa tare da Scripps Institution of Oceanography da Sashen Injiniyan Injiniya da Aerospace. Cibiyar binciken Gille ta dogara ne akan Tekun Kudancin kasar inda take aiki akan musayar iska da teku da sauye-sauyen tarihi a yanayi a yankin.