Jorge Coppin-Massanet is a PhD student in Geological Sciences in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University and a member of the Planetary Habitability and Technology Lab. His work focuses on the development of instrumentation for under-ice exploration, particularly in environments relevant to subglacial ecosystems and icy ocean worlds. He works with the Icefin ROV team to design and integrate custom scientific payloads for autonomous and remotely operated platforms.

His primary project is the development of the Submersible Under-Ice Mass Spectrometer (SUIMS), an in situ instrument designed to measure dissolved gases in sub-ice environments. By producing geolocated dissolved-gas measurements beneath ice shelves and within subglacial outflows, SUIMS aims to improve understanding of the biogeochemical processes that shape subglacial aquatic systems and their exchange with the coastal ocean and atmosphere.

Jorge has participated in two field seasons in Wolstenholme Fjord as part of the NASA SSHOWUP Project, contributing to the deployment and testing of under-ice instrumentation and robotic systems in Arctic environments.

Prior to joining Cornell, Jorge earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, where he worked on multiple NASA aerobiology sounding-rocket missions. He later worked at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, contributing to early instrument concepts for the Europa Lander mission concept.