Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos is a doctoral supervisor at the School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University. He completed a Master of Agricultural Science (1994) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1999) at Massey University. His research focuses on the genetic improvement of dairy cattle using selection and crossbreeding. Nicolas was awarded the Massey University Research Medal as an individual research supervisor for his work over the past 17 years working at Massey’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences.