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Dr. Greg Comer received his B.S. in physics and mathematics from East Tennessee State University in 1984 and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1990. He held a two-year postdoc with the Racah Institute of Physics of The Hebrew University from 1990-92 and a one-year position with the Observatory of Paris-Meudon from 1992-93. He has been on the faculty of Saint Louis University since 1993, and an Adjunct Faculty with the Department of Physics of Washington University since 1997. His main area of research is Newtonian and general relativistic multi-fluid dynamics with applications to astrophysical compact objects (eg. neutron stars) and their gravitational wave emission. The main scientific goal is to understand how superfluidity and superconductivity determine the rotational structure of neutron stars, their spectrum of oscillations, and the extent to which the oscillations result in detectable—-with, say, LIGO—-gravitational waves. He has published 23 refereed journal articles and 4 non-refereed book chapters, conference proceedings, and on-line arXiv preprints in this area. He is also co-author on an upcoming review on relativistic fluids for the Living Reviews in Relativity. He has also been the principal investigator on two NSF/Gravitational Physics Division grants, a visiting scientist on an EPSERC grant in the United Kingdom and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Program on Initiatives in Numerical Relativity & Astrophysics, and one of the initial recipients of a SLU 2000 Faculty Research Leave Award. Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships 2009 2007-08 Society of Physics Students Outstanding Chapter Award (Faculty Advisor) 2008 Honorable Mention, SLU Voices “This I Believe” competition 2002 SLU Student Government Association Faculty Excellence Award 1996 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1995 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1993 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bourse, Observatiore de Paris-Meudon, France 1992 Golda Meir Fellowship, The Hebrew University, Israel Professional Activities, Service, and Societies since 1993 2008-present: Member of the Topical Group on Gravitation, American Physical Society 2008: Organizing Committee member, 18th Midwest Relativity Meeting, Notre Dame 2007: Meeting Organizer, 17th Midwest Relativity Meeting, SLU 2006-present: Editor, The Spacetime Emporium, www.compadre.org 2006-present: Associate Editor, Matters of Gravity, APS Topical Group in Gravitation 2005: Speaker, Las Cumbres Speakers Program 1997: Session Chair, 7th Midwest Relativity Meeting, Washington University 1994: Session Chair, 4th Midwest Relativity Meeting, SLU 1993-present: Referee Duties: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Astrophysics and Space Science, Classical and Quantum Gravity, Entropy, EPSRC in the UK, External Examiner for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, General Relativity and Gravitation, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Journal of Modern Physics A and D, Journal of Physics A, Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society, National Science Foundation, Physics Letters, Physical Review D & Letters, Taylor and Francis Publishing, The Astrophysical Journal, and the US/Armenia CRDF program. 1993-present: Member of the American Physical Society 1993-present: Member of the American Association of University Professors