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        <h2 style="text-align: center;">Hi! I'm Lewis</h2>

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                A bearded Lewis hiking through Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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        <p>I'm an ecosystem ecologist and Earth scientist studying the carbon sink of North American forests. I am also a NASA FINESST and NSF graduate research fellow at the University of Utah, where I am a PhD candidate in the department of Atmospheric Sciences. I use geostatistical methods and high-performance computing to answer big questions about land-atmosphere processes, such as "what is the impact of tree mortality on the terrestrial carbon sink?", "how does drought impact the spectral reflectance of forest canopies?", and "what climatic drivers shape the patterns of photosynthesis in forests?". </p>
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        <p>Before shifting my focus to forest ecosystem monitoring, I developed Bayesian inverse models for optimizing trace gas inventories through collaborations with the <a href="https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/carbontracker-lagrange/">CarbonTracker-Lagrange</a> team at NOAA. I also worked as an air quality consultant, supporting air pollution modeling and permitting in Utah and California. </p>
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        <p>Check out my <a href="research.html">research projects</a>, visit <a href="https://github.com/lkunik">my github</a>, or browse through photos from some of the cool <a href="thru-hikes.html">long-distance hikes</a> that I've been fortunate to complete.</p>
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