Kenneth Chiacchia

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

Kenneth "Ken" Chiacchia
Born (1961-12-29) December 29, 1961
Hackensack, New Jersey
Pen nameKen
OccupationWriter
NationalityUnited States
GenreFantasy, science fiction

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-Gazette's 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 Group, a Pittsburgh-based volunteer organization that assists authorities in civilian lost-person searches.[7] His work has been noted in local newspapers.[8][9] He has written on the science of olfaction for search and rescue workers.[10] In 1993, Chiacchia joined the Pittsburgh Worldwrights Writers' Workshop founded by Pittsburgh science-fiction and fantasy writer Mary Soon Lee[11][12] and continued by Pittsburgh author Barton Paul Levenson and others. Chiacchia won the 2008 Carnegie Science Center Journalism Award.[13]

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 Carnegie Science Center Journalism Award.[14]

Reviews

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)[22]
  • ”In Search of Human Scent.”[23]
  • "Who Goes There? The Body's System for Generating Individual Scent" Advanced Rescue Technology, June/July 2004, pp. 45–50.[24]
  • ”Getting it right: Evaluating standards and practices for future training.”[25]
  • "8 Things Hackers Hate About You:"[26]
  • "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. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-7313633-1700469?url=search-alias%
  2. http://www.ideomancer.com/sf/archive/sfArchive.html
  3. http://www.sfwa.org/
  4. http://www.nasw.org/
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:72381
  7. http://www.amrg.info/
  8. http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=/pg/06239/716761-85.stm&date=8/27/2006+7:01:00+AM Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  9. http://search.post-gazette.com/redir.asp?path=/neigh_north/20020406rescue0408p2.asp&date=4/8/2002+4:48:27+AM%5B%5D
  10. http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html
  11. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/cr.html.
  12. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mslee/pw.html
  13. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08032/853878-115.stm
  14. http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/default.aspx?pageId=341
  15. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=262
  17. http://www.sfsite.com/02a/pa169.htm
  18. http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=967&Itemid=263
  19. http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Column.php?ColumnType=ZINE&Search=200701
  20. http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=514&Itemid=267
  21. http://www.tangentonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=243&Itemid=267
  22. http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:72381
  23. http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html
  24. http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html
  25. http://amrg.info/canine-sar/search-dog.html
  26. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 11, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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