Jean Marcel Perdang

Background

Perdang, Jean Marcel was born on May 3, 1940 in Remerschen, Luxembourg. Son of Léandre Eugène and Erica Marguerite (Schneider) Perdang.

Education

Licence in Physical Sciences, U. Liège, Belgium, 1963; Certified in Statistical Mechanics, U. Liège, Belgium, 1968; Doctorat in Physical Sciences, U. Liège, Belgium, 1969.

Career

Assistant, U. Liège, 1963-1964; aspirant, U. Liège, 1964-1969; chargé de recherches, U. Liège, 1970-1974; maître de conférences, U. Liège, since 1978; researcher, since 1974. Chargé de cours extraordinaire U. Officielle du Burundi, Bujumbura, 1971. Libero docente U. Padova, Padua, Italy, 1974, 75, 78, 94.

Visiting professor U. Florida, Gainesville, 1978, 81, 84, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy, 1982. Astronomer Observatoire de Paris à Meudon, 1989, 91. Researcher U. Montreal, 1971, Columbia University, 1974, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990.

Achievements

• Jean Marcel Perdang has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Astronomical Society. Member International Astronomical Union, Committee Belge d'Astronomie (associate), Institute Grand Ducal Section des Sciences (honorary), Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, Belgian Royal Academy (associate, Silver medal 1995).

Interests

• Avocations: philosophy and history of science.

Connections

Married Esmée Marie-Jeanne Ewert, July 15, 1965. Children: Pascale, Paul, Patrick.

Father:

Léandre Eugène Perdang

Mother:

Erica Marguerite (Schneider) Perdang

Spouse:

Esmée Marie-Jeanne Ewert

child:

Paul Perdang

child:

Patrick Perdang

child:

Pascale Perdang