Research

  • Observational Cosmology (quasars and gravitational lenses)

  • Solar system (study of asteroids and exo-planets)

  • Theoretical Astrophysics (radiative transfer in rapidly expanding atmopsheres)

  • Telescopes and instrumentation: lead of the 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope project (http://www.ilmt.ulg.ac.be) and great interest in high angular resolution observations (including space observations, coronagraphy and interferometry).

Former lead of the Research Group - AEOS (Extragalactic Astrophysics and Space Observations), 15-20 sci­entists; author and co-author of some 300 papers in international refereed journals or as “invited papers” presented at international conferences and 200 additional papers in scientific journals or conference proceed­ings. J. Surdej has managed some 40 scientific (regional/federal, American and European) grants for a total amount of more than 7 million Euros.