Brian Stone teaches in the areas of urban environmental management and integrated land use and transportation planning. Stone received his Bachelor of Arts in English and his Master of Environmental Management from Duke University, and his Doctorate in City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Stone's program of research is focused on the spatial drivers of urban environmental phenomena, with an emphasis on climate change and air quality. Most recently, he received a grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to measure the influence of urban development patterns on climate change and excessive heat events in large U.S. cities. Through a project funded by the U.S. EPA, Stone is assessing the impacts of smart growth and vehicle fleet hybridization on greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050, as well as the implications of alternative development patterns for future vehicle use and air pollution. Stone's work has been featured on National Public Radio, CNN, and Georgia Public Broadcasting. 

Stone has taught in the areas of urban environmental planning, urban ecology, land use and transportation planning, and sustainable transport planning, and has instructed studio courses on transit oriented development, smart growth audits, and ecological master plans. Within the City and Regional Planning program, he is currently teaching CP 8823: Urban Environmental Planning and Design, CP 6331: Land Use and Transportation Interactions, and CP 6012: Planning Theory and History.

Prior to joining the faculty in 2005, Stone taught in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked as a planning consultant and served on the board of a number of non-profit organizations, including the Partnership for a Smog Free Georgia, the UW Aldo Leopold Arboretum, and the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance.