# Anybody a SDSAB? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2004, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489 "2004-03-31T07:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/21 "2004-04-05T23:08:38Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > Are there Advisory Boards in other disciplines? Is there a P.G. Wodehouse/ Douglas Adams/ Monty Python/ English Humor Criticism And Analysis Advisory Board? 😃 “Science” is kind of a catch-all, and also applies to those members whose expertise may be in the humanities or other fields. > [@Ravenman](#): > > Is there any list of the expertise of the various members of the SDSAB? Just curious. I am an ornithologist, but also cover biology questions in general. I occasionally answer questions in other fields, though. **Doug Yanega** is an entomologist, but also answers general biology questions. **JillGat** is an epidemiologist, but has answered about any kind of question you can imagine. **Chronos** and **Karen Lingel** are physicists. **Songbird** writes, appropriately enough, on songs and music. Many of the others have written on such a variety of topics that I am not certain what their “professional” expertise actually is. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/22 "2004-04-05T23:12:34Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Gee, here and I was thinking someone just mis-typed SDSOB. 🙂 > > You know, I think **Tusculan** ’s right. You need a catchier title. “Cecil’s Homies”, “Scientist Extraordinare” … Yeah you would have thought Ed would have held a [contest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=248263) or something ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2004, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/23 "2004-04-06T06:20:42Z")
It’s been a few days since I’ve posted and I want to make sure that I maximize the value of my charter membership, so was just looking for a reason to post. There may be 17 or 19 or some other number of people on the SDSAB list, I didn’t count…but I do know that the referenced page indicates that the exclusive group of which I am a part boasts a mere 2,630 names. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489/24 "2004-04-12T22:27:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Is there any list of the expertise of the various members of the SDSAB? Just curious. To expand on **Colibri** ’s answer, he himself is the Curator of Critters, especially feathered critters. **Karen** primarily does Little Physics, while I generally do Big Physics (no value judgement implied there). **Una Persson** is the Goddess of Fossil Fuels and Electricity Generation, and is also well-qualified in mechanical engineering in general and computers. **samclem** is a coin dealer by trade, but is also good with etymolygies (note the lack of ‘n’; don’t confuse him with **Doug** ). **Eutychus** ’s specialization is animation and Disney, and **Son of Dex** is our resident expert on Frankenstein (at least, that’s what he’s written about). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-a-sdsab/237489.md?page=1)