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Dr. Zacchaeus G. Compson

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Biological Sciences

(940) 218-5253

Email: Zacchaeus.Compson@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Northern Arizona University, 2013
    Major: Biology
    Specialization: Aquatic Ecology
    Dissertation: Energy movement from forests to streams: influences of plant genetic identity on aquatic food webs
  • MSc, Western Kentucky University, 2005
    Major: Biology
    Specialization: Aquatic Ecology
    Dissertation: An isotopic examination of cave, spring and epigean trophic structures in Mammoth Cave National Park.
  • BS, Alma College, 2001
    Major: Biology / English
    Specialization: Ecology / Writing
    Dissertation: Interactive Learning in the Classroom: A Case Study in Teaching Creative Writing

Professional Memberships

  • Society for Freshwater Science. (May 2009 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • BIOL 1720 - Biology for Science Majors II, 2 courses.
  • BIOL 1722 - Honors Biology for Science Majors II, 2 courses.
  • BIOL 4260 - Principles of Evolution, 6 courses.
  • BIOL 4261 - Principles of Evolution Laboratory, 5 courses.
  • BIOL 4900 - Special Problems, 2 courses.
  • BIOL 4910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • BIOL 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • BIOL 5260 - Principles of Evolution, 3 courses.
  • BIOL 5261 - Principles of Evolution Laboratory, 1 course.
  • BIOL 5900 - Special Problems, 3 courses.
  • BIOL 5950 - Master's Thesis, 4 courses.
  • BIOL 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • BIOL 6940 - Individual Research, 7 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (January 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (January 2025).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Assessing the controls on C and N movement through aquatic food at a continental scale," Biological Sciences. (August 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (January 15, 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (January 15, 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (September 1, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (August 15, 2023).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Effects of nitrogen additions and sediment type on Spartina alterniflora," Biological Sciences. (February 1, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "Evaluation of two endangered shiner species in the upper Brazos River watershed using eDNA metabarcoding and food web modeling," Biological Sciences. (August 29, 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Examing the diets of passerines of North Texas using fecal DNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis," Biological Sciences. (August 29, 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Studying the metacommunity dynamics of two endangered shiners in the Upper Brazos River, Texas," Biological Sciences. (July 28, 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (May 26, 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "TBD," Mechanical and Energy Engineering. (April 5, 2022).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Exploring the application of eDNA to studying deep-sea food webs.," Biological Sciences. (September 1, 2021).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (August 10, 2021).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Chair, "Assessing the Controls of C and N Transfer Through Aquatic Food Webs at a Continental Scale: an Isotopic Tracer Study of the NEON Wadeable Streams.," Biological Sciences. (August 23, 2021 - March 22, 2024).
  • Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Macroinvertebrate response to wildfire in a wild and scenic river," Biological Sciences. (June 1, 2022 - December 15, 2023).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Energy sources above and below: stable isotopes reveal patterns in surface, spring, and underground aquatic food webs of Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, U.S.A.," Chemistry. (August 15, 2022 - May 15, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Assessing the Controls of C and N Transfer Through Aquatic Food Webs at a Continental Scale: an Isotopic Tracer Study of the NEON Wadeable Streams.," Biological Sciences. (August 15, 2022 - April 15, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Assessing the controls of C and N transfer from leaves to aquatic insects in streams of the National Ecological Observatory Network," Biological Sciences. (August 29, 2022 - December 16, 2022).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Introduction to stable isotope analysis.," Biological Sciences. (August 29, 2022 - December 16, 2022).
  • Internship Advisor, "Assessing the Drivers of Form and Function at a Continental Scale Using Trait-Based Food Web Models," Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (June 2022 - August 2022).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Introduction to DNA metabarcoding," Biological Sciences. (January 8, 2022 - May 13, 2022).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, "TBD," Biological Sciences. (August 23, 2021 - December 2021).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Ecological network and food web analysis," Biological Sciences. (August 23, 2021 - December 10, 2021).
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Chair, "Evolution of Avian Flight," Biological Sciences. (January 25, 2021 - May 8, 2021).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Compson, Z.G., Monk, W.A., Serremejane, R., DelVecchia, A.G., Burrows, R.M., Gao, S., Ruddell, B.L., Hong, Y., Allen, D.C. (2022). Dryland rivers and streams.. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. (Second Edition) 616-627. Amsterdam, Elsevier.
  • McGee, K.M., Robinson, C., Porter, T.M., Compson, Z.G., Hajibabaei, M., Baird, D.J. (2022). eDNA and bioassessment of rivers. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters. (Second Edition) 537-548. Amsterdam, Elsevier.

    • Journal Article

  • Li, Y., Compson, Z.G., Kuang, X., Yu, L., Song, Q., Liu, J., Huang, D., Zhou, H., Huang, S., Li, T., Yang, Q. (2024). Increased stability of a subtropic bamboo forest soil bacterial communities through integration of water and fertilizer management compared to conventional management. BMC Plant Biology. 24 (1072) Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-024-05759-1
  • Song, S., Wang, L., Compson, Z.G., Xie, T., Liao, C., Huang, D., Liu, J., Yang, Q., Song, Q. (2024). Decreased P Cycling Rate and Increased P-Use Efficiency after Phyllostachys edulis (Carrière) J. Houz. Expansion into Adjacent Secondary Evergreen Broadleaved Forest. 15 (9) 1518. MDPI. https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/15/9/1518
  • Medisetti, G., Compson, Z.G., Fan, H., Yang, H., Feng, Y. (2024). LitAI: Enhancing Multimodal Literature Understanding and Mining with Generative AI.. Other. 2024 471-476.
  • Gill, B.A., Allen, D.C., Mimms, M.C., Neeson, T.M., Ruhi, A., Atkinson, C.L., Shogren, A.J., Apgar, T.M., Compson, Z.G., Cook, S., Trumbo, D.R., Busch, M.H., Hollien, K.D., Leathers, K., Malish, M.C., O'Malley, G.L., Silknetter, S., Smith, C.R., Dunleavy, H., Bogan, M.T. (2024). Combined benthic and stream edge sampling better represent macroinvertebrate assemblages than benthic sampling alone along an aridity gradient. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. 22 (4) 208-216. https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lom3.10601
  • Liu, J., Compson, Z.G., Gui, X., Yang, Q., Song, Q., Huang, D., Ren, Z., Luan, F. (2024). Weak responses of soil microorganisms to leaf litter inputs after native Phyllostachys edulis invasion into adjacent native forests. Plant and Soil. 494 685-699. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374781048_Weak_responses_of_soil_microorganisms_to_leaf_litter_inputs_after_native_Phyllostachys_edulis_invasion_into_adjacent_native_forests
  • Liu, X., Tang, X., Compson, Z.G., Huang, D., Zou, G., Luan, F., Song, Q., Fang, X., Yang, Q., Liu, J. (2023). Silicon supply promotes differences in growth and C: N: P stoichiometry between bamboo and tree saplings. BMC Plant Biology. 23 (443) 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-023-04443-0
  • Gong, C., Zeng, X., Zhu, X., Huang, W., Compson, Z.G., Ren, Z., Ran, H., Song, Q., Yang, Q., Huang, D., Liu, J. (2023). Bamboo expansion promotes radial growth of surviving trees in a broadleaf forest. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1242364
  • Wojtowicz, T., Lamit, L.J., Compson, Z.G., Whitham, T.G., Gehring, C.A. (2023). Species, hybrid and genotype effects on leaf litter curling, and their extended consequences for spiders and soil moisture dynamics. Plant and Soil. 492 641-653. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373369854_Species_hybrid_and_genotype_effects_on_leaf_litter_curling_and_their_extended_consequences_for_spiders_and_soil_moisture_dynamics
  • Emmons, S.C., Compson, Z.G., Malish, M.C., Busch, M.H., Saenz, V., Higgins, K.T., Allen, D.C. (2023). DNA metabarcoding captures different macroinvertebrate biodiversity than morphological identification approaches across a continental scale. 5 1307-1320. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.453
  • Bush, A., Compson, Z.G., Rideout, N.K., Levenstein, B., Kattilakoski, M., Hajibabaei, M., Monk, W.A., Wright, M.T., Baird, D.J. (2023). Replicate DNA metabarcoding can discriminate seasonal and spatial abundance shifts in river macroinvertebrate assemblages. Molecular Ecology. 23 (6) 1275-1287. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13794
  • Zeng, X., Chen, L., Compson, Z.G., Li, J., Peng, Q., Gong, C., Wen, R., Liu, J., Fang, X., Luan, F., Song, Q., Yang, Q. (2022). Encroachment order and spatial patterns of broad-leaf tree species in the naturalization of a Cunninghamia lanceolata plantation. 142 109230. Elsevier.
  • Rideout, N.K., Compson, Z.G., Monk, W.A., Bruce, M.R., Hajibabaei, M., Porter, T.M., Baird, D.J. (2022). Environmental filtering of macroinvertebrate traits influences ecosystem functioning in a large river floodplain. Functional Ecology. 36 2791-2805. British Ecological Society.
  • Leal, L., Hoeinghaus, D.J., Compson, Z.G., Agostinho, A.A., Fernandes, R., Pelicice, F.M. (2021). Changes in the ecosystem functions generated by fish populations after the introduction of a non-native predator (Cichla kelberi). Neotropical Ichthyology. 19 e210041.
  • Jeplawy, J.R., Cooper, H.F., Marks, J.C., Lindroth, R., Andrews, M.I., Compson, Z.G., Gehring, C., Hultine, K., Grady, K., Whitham, T., Allan, G.J., Best, R.J. (2021). Plastic responses to hot temperatures homogenize riparian leaf litter, speed decomposition, and reduce detritivores. Ecology. Ecological Society of America.
  • Rideout, N., Compson, Z., Monk, W.A., Bruce, M.R., Baird, D.J. (2021). The beautiful and the dammed: defining multi-stressor disturbance regimes in an Atlantic river floodplain wetland. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.553094
  • SidersC., Compson, Z., Hungate, B., Dijkstra, P., Koch, Marks, J. (2021). The influence of leaf type on carbon and nitrogen assimilation by aquatic invertebrate communities: a new perspective on trophic efficiency. Ecosystems. Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-020-00550-3

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Compson, Z.G. (Author & Presenter), University of Florida Biology Departmental Seminar, A journey through the tangled web from food web theory to form and function, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Author & Presenter), GEO BON Ecosystem Services Working Group Webinar, eDNA as a bioassessment tool for local stakeholders, GEO BON, Virtual, Canada. (2023 - 2023).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Author), Department of Biology Seminar Series, . Of metabarcoding and macrosystems: novel tools for scaling up food web research, University of Texas - Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Author), BioFrontiers Seminar, Illuminating linkages in a changing world: food web analysis in a macrosystems context, University of North Texas, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).

    • Oral Presentation

  • McAllister, A. (Author & Presenter), Snelgrove, P. (Author), Cote, D. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Sherwood, O. (Author), 2024 Ecosystem Studies of the Subarctic and Arctic Seas (ESSAS) Annual Science Meeting, Resolving Food Webs in the Labrador Sub-Arctic Deep Sea, St. John's, NL, Canada. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cave, K. (Author & Presenter), Davidson, T. (Author), Davis, L. (Author), Curtis, M. (Author), Nimee, C. (Author), Sandel, M. (Author), Fast, K. (Author), Vu, M. (Author), Montana, C.G. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Society for Freshwater Science, Developing eDNA metabarcoding applications for rapid detection of endangered fish assemblages in the upper Brazos River, Texas, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Gollapudi, M. (Author), Peters, M. (Author), MacKinnon, R. (Author), Poirier, T. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Junker, J. (Author), Philips, E. (Author), Ihemeremadu, W. (Author), Malish, M. (Author), Cook, S. (Author), Neeson, T. (Author), Allen, D.C. (Author), Society for Freshwater Science, Using trait-based models to test food web theory at a continental scale, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Author & Presenter), Cave, K. (Author), Curtis, M. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Exploring the challenges and opportunities for eDNA bioassessment in aquatic systems of the arid Southwest, Nacogdoches, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cave, K. (Author & Presenter), Davidson, T. (Author), Davis, L. (Author), Curtis, M. (Author), Nimee, C. (Author), Sandel, M. (Author), Fast, K. (Author), Vu, M. (Author), Montana, C.G. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Metabarcoding for rapid detection of imperiled fishes in the upper Brazos River, Texas, Nacogdoches, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Daniels, H. (Author & Presenter), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Friends of LLELA Board Meeting, Illuminating LLELA Painted Bunting breeding seaon diets using eDNA, Friends of Lake Lewisville Environmental Learning Area (LLELA), Lewisville, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Peters, M. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Gollapudi, M. (Author), MacKinnon, R. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Malish, M. (Author), Cook, S. (Author), Neeson, T. (Author), Allen, D.C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Ecological Society of America 2023 Annual Conference, Drivers of food web patterns across North America, Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Silva Belisario, O. (Author & Presenter), Lienesch, P.W. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Ecological Society of America Annual Conference, Illuminating Linkages Above and Below: Isotopes Reveal Patterns in Surface, Spring, and Underground Aquatic Food Webs of Mammoth Cave National Park, Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Gollapudi, M. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Peters, M. (Author), MacKinnon, R. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, A Trophic Trait Database for Rapid Construction of Food Web Models Across North America, Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2023 - 2023).
  • Bush, A. (Author & Presenter), Monk, W.A. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Gagne, N. (Author), Steeves, R. (Author), Hajibabaei, M. (Author), Porter, T. (Author), Baird, D.J. (Author), Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, DNA metabarcoding enhances detection of change from streams to landscapes, Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2023 - 2023).
  • Bucher, M. (Author & Presenter), Martinez, L. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Silva Belisario, O. (Author), Daniels, H. (Author), James-Rollins, J. (Author), Marks, J.C. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, National breakdown: controls on leaf litter decomposition and aquatic communities across the United States, Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2023 - 2023).
  • Cave, K. (Author & Presenter), Davis, L. (Author), Frye, A. (Author), Quiroz, D. (Author), Curtis, M. (Author), Nimee, C. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Montana, C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, On the frontier of eDNA: selecting primers for rapid detection of endangered fishes in the Southern Plains (USA), Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2023 - 2023).
  • Daniels, H. (Author & Presenter), Davis, L. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Towards a modern assessment of passerine diets in North Texas, Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2023 - 2023).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Author & Presenter), McAllister, A. (Author), Snelgrove, P. (Author), Cote, D. (Author), Sherwood, O. (Author), Bucher, M. (Author), Gollapudi, M. (Author), Peters, M. (Author), MacKinnon, R. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Malish, M.C. (Author), Cook, S. (Author), Neeson, T.M. (Author), Allen, D.C. (Author), Monk, W.A. (Author), Rideout, N. (Author), Bush, A. (Author), Hajibabaei, M. (Author), Baird, D.J. (Author), Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences, Towards testing food web theory at a continental scale, Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2023 - 2023).
  • Nimee, C. (Author & Presenter), Curtis, M. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Montana, C. (Author), Stephen F. Austin State University Graduate Research Conference, Biotic and abiotic factors influencing population dynamics of two endangered shiners (Smalleye Notropis buccula and Sharpnose N. oxyrhynchus) in a Great Plains River in Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Nimee, C. (Author & Presenter), Curtis, M. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Montana, C. (Author), Ecological Integration Symposium, Biotic and abiotic factors influencing population dynamics of two endangered shiners (Smalleye Notropis buccula and Sharpnose N. oxyrhynchus) in a Great Plains River in Texas, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Author & Presenter), UNT eDNA Workshop and Symposium, To food webs and beyond: novel applications for DNA metabarcoding, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Cave, K. (Author & Presenter), Compson, Z.G. (Other), UNT 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Series, Shiners' Last Stand, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Silva Belisario, O. (Author & Presenter), Lienesch, P.W. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), MIT ACCESS Program, Trophic Assessment of Food Webs at Mammoth Cave National Park using Stable Isotope Analysis, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • James-Rollins, J. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Daniels, H. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Silva Belisario, O. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Marks, J.C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), 30th Annual UMBC McNair Scholars Research Conference, Assessing the controls of C and N transfer from leaves to aquatic insects in streams of the National Ecological Observatory Network, NSF McNair Scholars Program, Baltimore, MD, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • James-Rollins, J. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Daniels, H. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Silva Belisario, O. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Marks, J.C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (FURS), Assessing the controls of C and N transfer from leaves to aquatic insects in streams of the National Ecological Observatory Network, University of Texas - Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Silva Belisario, O. (Author & Presenter), Lienesch, P.W. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium (FURS), Trophic assessment of Mammoth Cave NP food webs using stable isotope analysis, University of Texas - Austin, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • James-Rollins, J. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Daniels, H. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Silva Belisario, O. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Marks, J.C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), University of North Texas Ronald E. McNair Program Spring Research Forum, Assessing the controls of C and N transfer from leaves to aquatic insects in streams of the National Ecological Observatory Network, NSF McNair Program, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • McAllister, A. (Author), Snelgrove, P. (Author), Cote, D. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Sherwood, O. (Author), Deep Sea Biology Society, Resolving food webs in the Labrador sub-Artic deep sea, Brest, France, France. (2021 - 2021).
  • Marks, J. (Author), Hayer, M. (Author), Roush, C. (Author), Schrik, M. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Wymore, A. (Author), Koch, B. (Author), Hungate, B. (Author), Flecker, A. (Author), Thomas, S. (Author), Leshyk, V. (Author), Schwartz, E. (Author), Ochs, C. (Author), Zampini, M. (Author), Power, M. (Author), Lowe, R. (Author), Fritz, R. (Author), Society for Freshwater Science, When a leaf falls in a river who comes with it and where does it go?, Virtual Meeting, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Rideout, N.K. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Monk, W. (Author), Hajibabaei, M. (Author), Porter, T. (Author), Wright, M. (Author), Baird, D.J. (Author), DNAQUA International Conference, Functional traits link anthropogenic impact and disturbance regimes driving ecosystem function in a floodplain wetland complex, United Kingdom. (2021 - 2021).
  • Bush, A. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Kattilakoski, M. (Author), Rideout, N.K. (Author), Levenstein, B. (Author), Hajibabaei, M. (Author), Monk, W. (Author), Baird, D.J. (Author), DNAQUA International Conference, Replicate DNA metabarcoding can discriminate seasonal and spatial abundance shifts in river macroinvertebrate assemblages, United Kingdom. (2021 - 2021).

    • Poster

  • Alcantar, C. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Junker, J. (Author), Bohenek, J. (Author), Marks, J. (Author), Cui, X. (Author), Chowdhury, F. (Author), AERI Research Day, Influence of Leaf Litter on Decomposition, Macroinvertebrate Communities, and Nutrient Transfer in Freshwater Ecosystems, University of North Texas, Sulphur, OK, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Coronado, E.A. (Author & Presenter), Deckard, G. (Author), Graffam, C. (Author), Montenegro, A. (Author), Renfrow, J. (Author), Junker, J.R. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), D'Andrilli, J. (Author), Bohenek, J. (Author), AERI Research Day, Leaf litter decomposition drives ‘hot moments’ and mosquito activity in freshwater ecosystems, AERI and UNT, Sulphur, Oklahoma, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Alcantar, C. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Marks, J. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Bohenek, J. (Author), Junker, J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), UNT Research Day, Leaf Litter and Macroinvertebrate Dynamics: Stable Isotope Analysis and Freshwater Ecosystems, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • MacKinnon, R. (Author & Presenter), Monk, W. (Author), Samways, K. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Curry, A. (Author), Lento, J. (Author), Unviersity of Brunswick Conference of the Biological Sciences, Quantifying differences in food web structure in response to different habitat conditions above and below the Mactaquac Generating Station, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada. (2024 - 2024).
  • Land, E. (Author & Presenter), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Baxter-Slye, J.L. (Author), University of North Texas, Plant Assessment of Two Reconstructed Prairie Areas at the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area to Elucidate Painted Bunting Food Resources, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Poirier, T. (Author & Presenter), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Monk, W. (Author), Baird, D. (Author), Society of Canadian Aquatic Sciences, Heuristic food webs: a tool to investigate the resilience of macroinvertebrate communities in the Peace-Athabasca Delta wetland system, Fredericton, NB, Canada. (2024 - 2024).
  • Cave, K. (Author & Presenter), Davis, L. (Author), Frye, A. (Author), Quiroz, D. (Author), Curtis, M. (Author), Nimee, C. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Montana, C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Advanced Environmental Research Institute (AERI) Environment Social and Governance (ESG) Conference, On the frontier of eDNA: selecting primers for rapid detection of endangered fishes in the Southern Plains (USA, Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Crisp, C. (Author & Presenter), Nimee, C. (Author), Curtis, M. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Montana, C. (Author), Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Population Structure of Red River Pupfish (Cyprinodon rubrofluviatilis) in Three River-Segments of the Upper Brazos River, Texas, Corpus Christi, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Curtis, M. (Author & Presenter), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Montaña-Schalk, C. (Author), 152nd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Metapopulation Dynamics of Two Endangered Cyprinids in a Drought-Prone River System, American Fisheries Society, Spokane, WA, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • James-Rollins, J. (Author & Presenter), Bucher, M. (Author), Daniels, H. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Silva Belisario, O. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Author), Marks, J.C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), University of North Texas Ronald E. McNair Program Fall Research Assembly, Assessing the controls of C and N transfer from leaves to aquatic insects in streams of the National Ecological Observatory Network, NSF McNair Program, Denton, TX, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Curtis, M. (Author & Presenter), Hoeinghaus, D. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Montaña-Schalk, C. (Author), Fisheries Society of the British Isles 2022 Annual Symposium: Fish in a Dynamic World, Assessing Metapopulation Dynamics of Two Endangered Cyprinids (Notropis oxyrhynchus & Notropis buccula) in a Drought-Prone River System, Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Nottingham, UK (presented virtually), United Kingdom. (2022 - 2022).
  • Bucher, M. (Author & Presenter), Daniels, H. (Author), Cave, K. (Author), Silva Belisario, O. (Author & Presenter), James-Rollins, J. (Author), Hoeinghaus, D. (Author), Marks, J.C. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Biology Graduate Student Association Annual Research Symposium, Assessing the Controls of C and N Transfer Through Aquatic Food Webs at a Continental Scale: an Isotopic Tracer Study of the NEON Wadeable Streams, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Gollapudi, M. (Author & Presenter), Peters, M. (Author), Huynh, T. (Author), Bucher, M. (Author), Sathish, S. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), Biology Graduate Student Association Annual Research Symposium, Assessing the Drivers of Form and Function at a Continental Scale Using Trait-Based Food Web Models, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Gollapudi, M. (Author & Presenter), Sharp, A. (Author), Woodward, A. (Author), Sathish, S. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), University of North Texas Annual Scholars Day, Characterization and Keystone Species Identification from Food Webs using Graph Metrics, University of North Texas, University of North Texas, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Sharp, A. (Author), Woodward, A. (Author), Sathish, S. (Author), Gollapudi, M. (Author), Albert, M. (Author), Compson, Z.G. (Author), UNT Artificial Intelligence Summer Research Program, Characterization and Keystone Species Identification from Food Webs using Graph Metrics, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Compson, Z.G. (Principal), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Co-Principal), "Quantitative PCR Primer Development for Early Detection of Invasive Species," sponsored by USGS, Federal, $300000 Funded. (2023 - 2026).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Principal), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Co-Principal), "Ft. Wolters T&E Aquatics Survey: Using Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Assess Fish, Amphibian, and Snake Assemblages in a Freshwater Complex," sponsored by Texas Military Department, State, $32000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).

    • Grant - Research

  • Allen, D.C. (Principal), Shogren, A.J. (Co-Principal), Compson, Z.G. (Co-Principal), "Collaborative Research: MRA: DISTANCE: Determining InStream Transport of eDNA across NEON sites at the Continental ScalE (Collaborative Proposal--UNT Awarded: $782,754)," sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $1950000 Funded. (2024).
  • Gregory, A.J. (Principal), Compson, Z.G. (Co-Principal), Molina, C. (Supporting), "Unlocking the Wild Turkey Puzzle: Investigating Diet, Disease, and Population Dynamics through Metabarcoding, Citizen Science, and State Space Demographic Models---Notified of positive funding decision in JULY '24 but funding delayed due to administrative changes at NWTF no word since Oct.," sponsored by National Wild Turkey Federation, Other, $84133 Funded. (2024).
  • Feng, Y. (Principal), Compson, Z.G. (Co-Principal), "MINE: Models for Improved Natural-language Exploration—applications for rapid expansion of trait databases for food web modeling," sponsored by UNT CENG-COS, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023).
  • Bohenek, J., D'Andrilli, J., Junker, J., Compson, Z.G., "Leaf litter decomposition drives ‘hot moments’ and mosquito activity in freshwater ecosystems," sponsored by Advanced Environmental Research Institute, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Principal), Compson, Z.G. (Co-Principal), Montana, C. (Co-Principal), "Population assessment of Smalleye (Notropis buccula) and Sharpnose (Notropis oxyrhynchus) shiners in the Brazos River and data-driven recommendations for long-term monitoring," sponsored by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, State, $558510 Funded. (2022 - 2025).
  • Junker, J.R. (Principal), Compson, Z.G. (Co-Principal), Cui, X. (Co-Principal), "“AutoTaxonomizer”: Developing taxonomic- and morphology-informed neural networks for the analysis and identification of novel macroinvertebrate communities," sponsored by UNT College of Science/UNT College of Engineering, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Principal), Bhowmick, S. (Co-Principal), Lichtenberg, E.M. (Co-Principal), Bohenek, J. (Co-Principal), "GRAPH-N: Generating Rapid Applications for Predicting Heuristic Networks," sponsored by COS & COE, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Compson, Z.G. (Principal), Hoeinghaus, D.J. (Co-Principal), "Assessing the drivers of trophic dynamics at local and continental scales," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $9964 Funded. (2021 - 2021).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Genomics Center Advisory Board. (June 2022 - Present).
  • Co-Chair, Evolution Lab Curriculum Development. (June 2024 - January 2025).
  • Member, Microbiology and Microbial Genomics Search Committee. (September 1, 2023 - January 15, 2024).
  • Committee Member, Microbial Genomics Search Committee. (September 1, 2022 - December 15, 2022).
  • Committee Member, Microbial Genomics Search Committee. (December 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022).

Professional Service

  • Member, DC Fellows Proposal Development Program. Denton, TX. (September 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Soceity for Freshwater Science Member and Data Committee (MDC). (June 5, 2024 - Present).
  • Member, UNT DC Fellows Program. Denton, TX. (November 14, 2022 - Present).
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Functional Ecology Editorial Board. London, (January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023).
  • Committee Member, Society for Freshwater Science Early Career Committee. Denton, TX. (June 5, 2016 - June 5, 2023).
  • Program Organizer, eDNA Workshop and Symposium. Denton, TX. (March 24, 2023 - March 25, 2023).
  • Attendee, Meeting, Association of American Colleges & Universities TIDES Institute for Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM. Washington D.C., District of Columbia. (June 1, 2021 - December 9, 2021).