Personal profile
Current projects
Dr Jess Kolbusz's research focuses on mixing and circulation surrounding trenches (including bottom water ventilation), water-mass characteristics, population connectivity of species (and their linkages to environmental conditions such as global abyssal circulation) and Parks Australia observatories off Western Australia; including long-term monitoring of bottom currents, water properties and sediment flux.
Biography
Jess is a Research Fellow (Oceanographer) at the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre. Her research involves understanding the physical environment of the hadopelagic using full-depth CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) measurements, current meters and other oceanographic sensors. Synthesis of this oceanographic data contributes to understanding the ecology of trenches and the hadal zone.
Dr Kolbusz is a transdisciplinary researcher with a BEng (Ocean Systems) and a Master's in Environmental Science (Marine Conservation and Management) from the University of Western Australia. Her PhD research focused on the role of oceanographic processes on the settlement of the Western rock lobster. Jess has been awarded the Society for Underwater Technology’s Postgraduate Award and a UWA Oceans Institute Robson and Robertson Award.
Engagement
SBS Seminar Coordinator
Ocean's Institute Member
AMOS Member
Education/Academic qualification
Oceanography, PhD, The role of oceanographic processes on the Western rock lobster
Award Date: 25 Jul 2022
Masters of Environmental Science (Marine and Coastal Management)
Bachelor of Engineering (Ocean Systems)
Diploma in Modern Languages (Italian)
Industry keywords
- Environmental
- Oceans
Research expertise keywords
- Deep-sea
- Physical Oceanography
- Biological Oceanography
- Currents
- Water-mass movement
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Bottom mixed layer derivation and spatial variability over the central and eastern abyssal Pacific Ocean
Kolbusz, J., Harrison, D., Jones, N., O’Callaghan, J., Sohail, T., Bond, T., Stewart, H. & Jamieson, A., 22 Jan 2026, In: Ocean Science. 22, 1, p. 257-279 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An unexpected journey – the arctic deep-sea halicreatid trachymedusa Botrynema brucei ellinorae off Florida: a reassessment under an integrative taxonomic approach
Montenegro, J., Kolbusz, J., Niyazi, Y., Soto-Angel, J. J., Hosia, A., Collins, A. G., Jamieson, A. J. & Lindsay, D. J., Sept 2025, In: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 223, 14 p., 104551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seafloor surficial sediment variability across the abyssal plains of the central and eastern pacific ocean
Harrison, D., Kolbusz, J. L., Bond, T., Macdonald, C., Niyazi, Y., Jamieson, A. J. & Stewart, H. A., 22 Apr 2025, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 13, 19 p., 1527469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vertical zonation and environmental drivers of North-West Pacific abyssal and hadal mobile faunal communities
Swanborn, D. J. B., Bond, T., Kolbusz, J. L., Cundy, M. E., Stott, M. S., Thomas, E. A., Kitazato, H. & Jamieson, A. J., Jan 2025, In: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 215, 17 p., 104418.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deep-sea benthic structures and substrate types influence the distribution of functional groups in the Wallaby-Zenith Fracture Zone (East Indian Ocean)
Niyazi, Y., Bond, T., Kolbusz, J. L., Maroni, P. J., Stewart, H. A. & Jamieson, A. J., 14 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 206, 15 p., 104268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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CTD profiles at hadal trench locations collected on the DSSV Pressure Drop between 2018 and 2022
Kolbusz, J. (Creator), PANGAEA, 2024
Dataset
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Temperature-pressure data over the central and eastern abyssal Pacific Ocean from the Trans-Pacific Transit Expedition
Kolbusz, J. (Creator) & Jamieson, A. (Creator), Zenodo, 28 May 2025
Dataset
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Deepening our understanding of Antarctic dense water exports at the critically important Orkney Passage
Kolbusz, J. (Chief Investigator), Harrison, D. (CoPI) & Naveira Garabato, A. (CoPI)
The University of Western Australia
1/12/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Research
Prizes
Activities
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2024 Ocean Modelling and Observations Workshop
Kolbusz, J. (Participant)
2 Jul 2024 → 4 Jul 2024Activity: Conferences and workshops › Participation in workshop, seminar or course
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Raising the Bar 2024
Kolbusz, J. (Speaker)
29 Oct 2024Activity: Service and engagement › Public lecture, debate or seminar
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UWA Mental Health First Aid Officer
Kolbusz, J. (Speaker)
Jun 2024 → …Activity: Service and engagement › Mentorship
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Australian Meteorology and Oceanographic Society (External organisation)
Kolbusz, J. (Member)
2022Activity: Memberships › Membership of professional association
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29th Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Annual Conference - the Critical Decade
Kolbusz, J. (Participant)
2022Activity: Conferences and workshops › Contribution or participation in a conference