Marcus Kurth is a fourth-year solid earth and planetary sciences undergraduate with a minor in international affairs. His academic interests include seismology, geomorphology, and tectonics. He has conducted research in Dr. Lang's lab determining sediment provenance using Raman spectroscopy as well as worked as a seismometer technician for Dr. Newman's lab group. He received the President's Undergraduate Research Award in Fall 2023 to fund his continued research. Currently he is a researcher for an NSF REU, spending his summer conducting field work in Greenland to study the structure of fault zones which he will present at AGU in Washington, D.C. this December. Outside of research, Marcus has been an Earth Processes lab TA for two years, a GT tour guide, and enjoys rock climbing, hiking, and playing music in his free time. He is set to graduate in Spring 2025 and plans to pursue a PhD in geophysics.