Christopher Michael Stone

Christopher Michael Stone

Contact Information

Illinois Natural History Survey
Prairie Research Institute
Forbes Natural History Building
1816 S. Oak Street, MC-652
Champaign, IL 61820
Associate Research Scientist, Medical Entomology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Research Scientist, Medical Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey
Affiliate, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Affiliate, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute

Recent Publications

Ciloglu, A., Mackay, A. J., Cara, C., Kim, C. H., Marguccio, A., Yan, J., & Stone, C. M. (2026). Heterogeneous distribution of avian malaria parasites across mosquito species: disproportionate involvement of Culex restuans in the Midwestern United States. Malaria Journal, 25(1), Article 245. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-026-05925-w

Noel, K. R., Kallembach, C., Iyer, M., Cáceres, C. E., & Stone, C. M. (2026). Genotype by environmental interactions shape insecticide resistance phenotypes in Culex pipiens and Culex restuans. Heredity, 135(5), 313-322. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-026-00833-w

Trivellone, V., Mackay, A. J., Stone, C. M., & Dietrich, C. H. (2026). Leveraging Existing Biodiversity and Zoonosis Monitoring Infrastructure for Integrative Plant Pathogen Surveillance in Natural Ecosystems. Insects, 17(4), Article 383. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17040383

Mackay, A. J., Yan, J., Kim, C. H., Cara, C., Chesser, L., Alfaro, E., Avara, M., Ward, M., Magle, S., Murray, M., & Stone, C. M. (2025). Infection and host-feeding patterns of West Nile virus vectors varies by urban greenspace composition. Science of the Total Environment, 1009, Article 181098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181098

Noel, K. R., Kim, C. H., & Stone, C. M. (2025). Mechanistic evidence of widespread insecticide resistance among the Illinois West nile virus vectors Culex pipiens and Culex restuans. Scientific reports, 15(1), Article 22806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05531-x

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