James Chibueze is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Space Research at North-West University (NWU). He obtained his BSc and MSc from the University of Nigeria and his PhD from Kagoshima University (KU). His research has focused on understanding the mystery of massive star formation using high resolution interferometric observational techniques. He have produced some significant scientific results like finding 100 au compact bipolar outflow in a very young massive star in Cepheus A through multi-epoch observations of the water masers in the region. He have also used the ALMA telescope to carry out large survey of hundreds of massive young cores and explored their evolutionary sequence by crossing- matching the 6.7 GHz methanol maser association with the cores. Going forward, He plan to continue to pursue his research in Galactic star formation and exploring the evolution of galaxy clusters with arrays of telescopes in the globe, especially with MeerKAT. He desire to continue to support the training of postgraduate students in the field of astronomy, with the aim of helping in the building of the critical mass of African astronomers required to use the myriad of facilities being developed on the continent.
