Our Team
Field Lab Consulting, LLC was created by scientists and educators, for scientists and educators.
HEATHER MARSHALL, phd
Field Lab Consulting co-founder Dr. Heather Marshall is a marine scientist specializing in shark stress physiology. Her research interests are focused primarily on shark physiological ecology, with an emphasis on capture-related stress physiology and post-release mortality.
Dr. Marshall’s early work focused on the cardiac stress physiology of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), blue shark (Prionace glauca) and porbeagle (Lamna nasus). She then spent several years investigating the stress physiology and post post-release mortality rates of the sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus), dusky shark (C. obscurus) and spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias).
In the last few years, Dr. Marshall has performed numerous tagging and blood sampling projects around the world. She has worked on the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with the non-profit OCEARCH, tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) with collaborators in Galapagos National Park, salmon sharks (L. ditropis) with recreational fishermen in Alaska, Caribbean reef sharks (C. perezi) in The Bahamas, and coastal species such as the spinner (C. brevipinna) and blacktip (C. limbatus) sharks with colleagues and commercial fishermen in Florida.
Dr. Marshall is a co-founder of The Gills Club (www.gillsclub.org), a STEM-based education initiative dedicated to connecting girls with female scientists from around the world. In addition to teaching the Shark Biology and Conservation summer course for Shoals Marine Laboratory, Dr. Marshall is currently Assistant Professor in the Natural Science Department at State College of Florida.
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kristine stump, phd
Dr. Kristine Stump is a marine biologist specializing in tropical marine ecology. Her research interests and background include shark ecology, predator-prey interactions, fish spawning aggregations, effects of anthropogenic activities on species and habitats, and using telemetry to investigate spatial ecology.
Dr. Stump has years of marine policy experience in Washington, D.C. working at the federal level toward the establishment of an Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) for the U.S. In addition, she has worked in The Bahamas on science-based policy and management of marine resources.
Dr. Stump served as the Principal Investigator of the Bimini Biological Field Station in Bimini, Bahamas, where she researched the effects of nursery habitat loss on lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris). As a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Shedd Aquarium, she spent several years as Chief Scientist aboard Shedd’s research vessel in The Bahamas, where she used acoustic telemetry to study the migrations of endangered Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) to and from spawning aggregations.
A certified Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) surveyor, Dr. Stump has conducted numerous reef surveys and collaborated on coral restoration efforts in Florida and The Bahamas.
Dr. Stump has over ten years of teaching experience at graduate, undergraduate and high school levels, including leading courses on biology, marine and island ecology, tropical marine ecology, coral reef ecology and invertebrate zoology and environmental science. Most recently, she was a Lecturer of Marine Conservation Biology in the graduate program at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. Currently, Dr. Stump teaches at a private independent school in Miami, FL.