Chair of Early Career Committee (2018-2020), Society for Freshwater Science. (May 2009 – Present).
Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (January 15, 2024 – Present).
Master's Thesis Committee Co-Chair,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (January 15, 2024 – Present).
Master's Thesis Committee Member,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (September 1, 2023 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (August 15, 2023 – Present).
Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Effects of nitrogen additions and sediment type on Spartina alterniflora," Biological Sciences. (February 1, 2023 – Present).
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 – Present).
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 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Studying the metacommunity dynamics of two endangered shiners in the Upper Brazos River, Texas," Biological Sciences. (July 28, 2022 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (May 26, 2022 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"TBD," Mechanical and Energy Engineering. (April 5, 2022 – Present).
Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Exploring the application of eDNA to studying deep-sea food webs.," Biological Sciences. (September 1, 2021 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (August 23, 2021 – Present).
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 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"TBD," Biological Sciences. (August 10, 2021 – Present).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).