Kenneth Chiacchia

Infobox Writer
name = Kenneth "Ken" Chiacchia


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pseudonym = Ken
birthdate = December 29, 1961
birthplace = United States
occupation = Writer
nationality = United States
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genre = Fantasy, Science fiction
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Biography

Chiacchia was born in Hackensack, NJ. He earned a PhD in biochemistry, Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1991. He has been published in four different genres: Science Fiction, Medical Writing [http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-7313633-1700469?url=search-alias%] , Search and Rescue Science, and Journalism. Ken began his career as a medical science writer at Harvard Medical School in 1993. Currently he is a medical science writer and editor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. [http://www.ideomancer.com/sf/archive/sfArchive.html] Chiacchia is a member of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America [http://www.sfwa.org/] and the National Association of Science Writers. [http://www.nasw.org/] He has been a news reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's North Hills section with over 50 published stories. [http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/roboman/Chiacchia.html] He is also a dog handler in Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group, a Pittsburgh-based volunteer organization that assists authorities in civilian lost-person searches. [http://www.amrg.info/] His work has been noted in local newspapers. [http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=/pg/06239/716761-85.stm&date=8/27/2006+7:01:00+AM] [http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=/neigh_north/20020406rescue0408p2.asp&date=4/8/2002+4:48:27+AM] He has written on the science of olfaction for search and rescue workers. [http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html] In 1993, Chiacchia joined the [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/pwbib.html/ Pittsburgh Worldwrights] Writers' Workshop founded by Pittsburgh science-fiction and fantasy writer Mary Soon Lee [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/cr.html.] [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/pw.html] and continued by Pittsburgh author Barton Paul Levenson and others. Chiacchia won the 2008 Carnegie Science Center Journalism Award. [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08032/853878-115.stm]

Bibliography

Fiction

*"A Matter of Gravity." The Martian Wave, March 2001....Reprinted in Wondrous Web Worlds 2 (anthology), June 2002.
*"Medical Command." Alternate Realities, July-August 2001.
*"Apology for a Red Planet." Neverworlds, October 2001.
*"A Technical Fix." Cicada, March-April 2002.
*"Epidemic." Ideomancer, July 2003.
*"Tribute." Oceans of the Mind, September 2003.
*"And Yet It Moves." Paradox, November 2003....to be reprinted in Cicada.
*"The Rescue Contract." Cicada, January-February 2004.
*"Resistance." Oceans of the Mind, January 2005.
*"Victim." From the Trenches anthology, November 2006.
*"House Trainer." The Hub, October 2007.
*"The Humanoid Element." Cicada, January-February 2008.
*"And Yet It Moves"

Poems

*"Graveyard." The Pedestal, October 2004.
*"Victim." The Pedestal, October 2004.
*"Casualty." On Our Way to the Battle: Poetry from the Trenches (chapbook), November 2006....Reprinted in the Rhysling Anthology (Rhysling Award nominee), May 2007.

Awards
*2008 Carnegie Science Center Journalism Award. [http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=341]

Reviews

*"House Trainer" [http://thefix-online.com/reviews/hub-27-30/]
*"And Yet It Moves" [http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=262] [http://www.sfsite.com/02a/pa169.htm]
*"Victim" [http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=967&Itemid=263] [http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Column.php?ColumnType=ZINE&Search=200701]
*"Resistance" [http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=514&Itemid=267]
*"Tribute" [http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=243&Itemid=267]

Non-Fiction

*”In Search of Human Scent.” [http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html]
*"Who Goes There? The Body's System for Generating Individual Scent" Advanced Rescue Technology, June/July 2004, pp. 45-50. [http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html]
*”Getting it right: Evaluating standards and practices for future training.” [http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html]
*"8 Things Hackers Hate About You:" [ http://www.infosecnews.org/hypermail/0007/2454.html]
*"Brain Waves," University of Chicago Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2007.
*"Insanity Defense," Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2nd ed. Gale Group, 2001.

cholarly Articles

*Chiacchia KB. Quantitation of the class I disulfides of the insulin receptor. [Journal Article. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.] Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications. 176(3):1178-82, 1991 May 15. UI: 2039503
*Chiacchia KB. Reoxidation of the class I disulfides of the rat adipocyte insulin receptor is dependent upon the presence of insulin: the class I disulfide of the insulin receptor is extracellular. [In Vitro. Journal Article. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.] Biochemistry. 27(13):4894-902, 1988 Jun 28. UI: 3048393
*Chiacchia KB. Drickamer K. Direct evidence for the transmembrane orientation of the hepatic glycoprotein receptors. [Journal Article. Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't. Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.] Journal of Biological Chemistry. 259(24):15440-6, 1984 Dec 25. UI: 6150936

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