Professor Matthew Thomas

Matt has extensive experience researching a wide range of projects and problems on the ecology and control of insects and diseases. The work has encompassed a range of techniques and approaches from detailed studies in the laboratory through to large-scale field experiments in both temperate and tropical settings. A major research focus has been the role of environmental factors (e.g. climate change, urbanization, invasion, and insecticide resistance) in the dynamics and distribution of vector-borne diseases. This basic science has been complemented by an ongoing research program investigating the development of novel chemical and biological tools for control of malaria mosquitoes, and pests such as bed bugs. Matt has contributed to over 250 publications, is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Entomological Society of America, and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.