(Javier has not made this public, so we are raising money unbeknownst to him) 

Most of you know Javier through soccer.  Javier was recently diagnosed with non hodgkin's lymphoma.  He will be receiving treatment in Seattle as soon as arrangements can be made.

Funds will be given directly to Javier.  We plan to give him a Christmas present with the money raised.

Javier is married with a four year old daughter.  Javier and his wife just found out they are expecting a boy in the spring of 2020.  

Please consider helping out Javier as he battles cancer.

If you don't want to give money through gofundme, you can give money to Joe Harris or Massa Ueti and we'll combine it with the gofundme raised money.  Gofundme fees are ~3% including credit card processing fees.  Everything else goes directly the Javier. 




Javier BIO:

Javier Gutierrez Illan, post-doc alumni, National Science Foundation Research Associate

Educational background
Ph.D., 2009 Doctor Europaeus framework (summa cum laude), Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
M.S., 2006 Conservation Biology. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)
B.S., 2003 Biology (Honors) (5-years degree). Dissertation passed with distinction. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)

Research interests
I am a researcher and conservation biologist interested in the effects of environmental changes on biodiversity. My major research deals with the the whys and wherefores of biodiversity from a biogeographical perspective. Climatic warming is one of the most worrying environmental problems nowadays. There are diverse studies which indicate that the distributions of a substantial number of species are moving towards colder zones, and that the phenology of many of them is happening earlier. Due to these problems, my research as a PhD student, and part of my postdoctoral work, was focused on sampling effort assessment, biodiversity estimators and predictive modeling. The general objective of my research was being able to identify and predict the ecological processes that determine species distributions and diversity. My research in the landscape ecology group of the Oregon State University tried to address the question of how recent environmental changes have affected broad-scale bird population trends in the US northwest.