Shantel Stone received a Bachelor of Science in marine biology and aquatic animal health and nutrition from Texas A&M at Galveston in 2004. She has six years of experience as senior aquaculturist for Baroid Bioassay Laboratory, two years of experience as Scientist-Chemist and lead for organizing technical service/environmental projects for Baroid Industrial Drilling Products, and was the initiator and lead of Aquatic Toxicity profiling of Baroid IDP project.