Paul Kwan Chien (born 1 January 1947) is a Chinese-American

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known for his research on the physiology and ecology of intertidal organisms and his support for intelligent design.

Biography

Chien was born on 1 January 1947 in Hong Kong and earned bachelor's degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Chung Chi College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1966 and his Ph.D. in 1971 from the University of California at Irvine in the laboratory of marine invertebrate physiologist, Grover C. Stephens. After a brief postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of

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at the

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of the California Institute of Technology in Corona del Mar, California, he joined the faculty of the University of San Francisco in 1973. His research has involved the transport of

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and metal ions across

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as well as the detoxification mechanisms of metal ions.

Intelligent design

Chien is a fellow of the

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, hub of the intelligent design movement. Chien is described in the Discovery Institute's

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as leading its " Paleontology Research program", in spite of the fact that, by his own admission, he has no credentials in the field. He has translated several books by intelligent design authors, such as Phillip Johnson's book ''

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'' and Jonathan Wells' ''

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'', into Chinese.

Selected publications

*Chien, Paul K., Su Xiu-Ronga, Lv Zhen-Minga, Li Tai-Wua, Liu Zhi-Ming. 2007
"Analysis of isozymes related to energy metabolism of adult ''Tegillarca granosa''."
''Chinese Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology'' 4: 163-166, Cambridge University Press. *Chien, Paul,

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, Paul Nelson, and

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. 2004
"The Cambrian Explosion: Biology's Big Bang."
In '' Darwinism, Design and Public Education'' (Michigan State University Press), pp. 323–402. *Chien, P. K., X. C. Gan, J. Wang, and C. Q. Duan. 1998
"Relocation of civilization centers in ancient China: environmental factors."
''Ambio'' (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), 27:572-575. *Chien, P. K., Y. Chien, and A. Furst. 1993. "Worms as a Substitute for Rodents in Toxicology: Acute Toxicity of Three Nickel Compounds." ''Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods'', Volume 3, Issue 1 March 1993, pages 19 – 23. *Lin, W., M.A. Rice, and P.K. Chien. 1992. The effects of copper, cadmium, and zinc on particle filtration and uptake of glycine in the pacific oyster, ''Crassostrea gigas''. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 103C:181-187. *Chien, P.K. and M.A. Rice. 1985. Autoradiographic localization of exogenously supplied amino acids after uptake by the polychaete, ''Glycera dibranchiata'' Ehlers. Wasmann Journal of Biology 43:60-71. *Rice, M.A. and P.K. Chien. 1979. Uptake, binding and clearance of divalent cadmium in ''Glycera dibranchiata'' (Annelida:Polychaeta). Marine Biology 53:33-39. *Chien, P.K., G.C. Stephens, and P.L. Healey, 1972. The role of ultrastructure and physiological differentiation of epithelia in amino acid uptake by the bloodworm, ''Glycera''. Biolological Bulletin 142:219-235. *Chien, P. K., P.T. Johnson, N.D. Holland and F.A. Chapman. 1970
"The coelomic elements of sea urchins ''(Strongylocentrotus)''."
''Protoplasma Journal'', Volume 71, Number 4 / December, 1970.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chien, Paul Living people 21st-century American biologists 21st-century American chemists Chinese biologists Chinese chemists University of California, Irvine alumni University of San Francisco faculty Scientists from California Discovery Institute fellows and advisors Intelligent design advocates 1947 births Chinese spiritual writers