Hello all,
Ziko van Dijk is a late addition to the research committee; I approved his application, and he had e-mailed the bio but not added it to the pad yet, so his application fell through the cracks in the setup process: my apologies. I added him to the list of members, please see http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_Committee for his bio. Welcome Ziko :-)
There's one additional person who I've approved and haven't heard back from yet.
Erik