Kenneth Chiacchia Explained

Kenneth "Ken" Chiacchia
Pseudonym:	Ken
Birth Date:	29 December 1961
Birth Place:	Hackensack, New Jersey
Occupation:	Writer
Nationality:	American
Genre:	Fantasy, science fiction

Kenneth Chiacchia (born December 29, 1961, in Hackensack, NJ) is an American writer in the fantasy and science fiction genre.

Biography

Chiacchia was born in Hackensack, NJ. He earned a PhD in biochemistry, at the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1991. He has been published in four different genres: Science Fiction, Medical Writing,^[1] 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.^[2] Chiacchia is a member of both the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America^[3] and the National Association of Science Writers.^[4] He has been a news reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazettes North Hills section with over 50 published stories.^[5] Ken had a recent story that was the cover page article for the Pittsburgh City Paper.^[6]

He is also a dog handler in Allegheny Mountain Rescue League, a Pittsburgh-based volunteer organization that assists authorities in civilian lost-person searches.^[7] His work has been noted in local newspapers.^[8] He has written on the science of olfaction for search and rescue workers.^[9] In 1993, Chiacchia joined the Pittsburgh Worldwrights Writers' Workshop founded by Pittsburgh science-fiction and fantasy writer Mary Soon Lee^{[10] [11]} and continued by Pittsburgh author Barton Paul Levenson and others. Chiacchia won the 2008 Kamin Science Center Journalism Award.^[12]

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." Cicada, January–February 2009 pp. 13–17

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 Kamin Science Center Journalism Award.^[13]

Reviews

• "House Trainer" ^[14]
• "And Yet It Moves" ^{[15] [16]}
• "Victim" ^{[17] [18]}
• "Resistance" ^[19]
• "Tribute" ^[20]

Non-Fiction

• "Replanting Cranberry The Pittsburgh region's poster child for sprawl is putting down new roots." Pittsburgh City Paper, December 3, 2009 (Cover Page)^[6]
• ”In Search of Human Scent.”^[9]
• "Who Goes There? The Body's System for Generating Individual Scent" Advanced Rescue Technology, June/July 2004, pp. 45–50.^[9]
• ”Getting it right: Evaluating standards and practices for future training.”^[9]
• "8 Things Hackers Hate About You:"^[21]
• "Brain Waves," University of Chicago Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2007.
• "Insanity Defense," Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2nd ed. Gale Group, 2001.

Scholarly 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

Notes

1. Web site: Amazon.com. Spend less. Smile more.. www.amazon.com. December 25, 2023.
2. Web site: Free People Search - UnMask.com | 100% Free People Finder & Public Records Lookup. December 25, 2023.
3. Web site: Home . sfwa.org.
4. Web site: Home . nasw.org.
5. Web site: Archived copy . September 16, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070903062722/http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/roboman/Chiacchia.html . September 3, 2007 . dead .
6. Web site: Pittsburghcitypaper.ws.
7. Web site: Home . amrg.info.
8. Web site: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. search.post-gazette.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173745/http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=%2Fpg%2F06239%2F716761-85.stm&date=8%2F27%2F2006+7%3A01%3A00+AM . March 3, 2016.
9. Web site: Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group.
10. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/cr.html Mary Soon Lee: Bibliography
11. Web site: Pittsburgh Worldwrights.
12. Web site: Carnegie Science Awards announced. December 25, 2023.
13. Web site: Carnegie Science Center: Awardees . September 22, 2008 . June 16, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080616184712/http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=341 . dead .
14. Web site: The Fix | Hub #27 - 30 . September 18, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121043310/http://thefix-online.com/reviews/hub-27-30/ . November 21, 2008 . dead .
15. Web site: Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993. December 31, 2022 .
16. Web site: The SF Site Featured Review: Paradox, Autumn 2003.
17. Web site: Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993. December 31, 2022 .
18. Web site: SFRevu Column. www.sfrevu.com. December 25, 2023.
19. Web site: Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993. December 31, 2022 .
20. Web site: Tangent Online – the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993. December 31, 2022 .
21. Web site: Archived copy . September 22, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061011132015/http://www.infosecnews.org/hypermail/0007/2454.html . October 11, 2006 . dead .