Professional Activities:

Professional Academic Positions
Note: Left industry in 1998 to study for Ph.D. at MIT

2010-present

Director, Nanomedicine Translational Think Tank, Dept of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim of the University of Heidelberg, Germany

2007-2010 Associate Professor, Dept of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine
2007-2010

Associate Director, Technology Transfer Office, University of Hong Kong

2004-2006 Research Officer, Dept of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine
2003-2006 Research Scientist, Dept of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT


Visiting, Affiliate And Honorary Faculty Appointments

2012-present

Affiliate Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of  Medicine, Winston-Salem NC

2012-present

Affiliate Professor, Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, University of South
Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa FL

2012-present

Affiliate Professor, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas VA

2010-2012

Honorary Associate Professor, Dept of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine

2009-2010 Visiting Professor, Chonbuk National University, Jeonbuk Korea
2007-present

Research Affiliate, Dept of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, MIT

2006-2007

Visiting Associate Professor, Institute for NanoBiomedical Technology and Membrane Biology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China


Management Positions

 

1995-1997

CEO, MemTel Corporation, Buffalo NY

  • Neural networking, RAM memory, website design, hosting and online merchandise sales (NASA, Buffalo Sabres)
  • One of the first companies in the U.S. to do online commerce
1993-1995

Group VP Sales/Marketing/Strategic Planning, Huntingdon Corp., Middleport NY dquarters of UK company)

  • Engineering; environmental consulting; materials testing; and pharmaceutical consulting and testing for FDA and European approval
  • Re-engineered operations, sales, business development, marketing and strategic planning.
1993-1995

Group VP Sales/Marketing/Strategic Planning, Huntingdon Corp., Middleport NY dquarters of UK company)

  • Engineering; environmental consulting; materials testing; and pharmaceutical consulting and testing for FDA and European approval
  • Re-engineered operations, sales, business development, marketing and strategic planning.
1990-1993

American NuKEM, Houston TX (U.S. subsidiary of German RWE NuKEM GmbH)

  • ENSR Remediation and Construction division (1991-93)
    Manager of Business Development, New York / New England territory
  • AnalytiKem Environmental Testing Labs division, Cherry Hill NJ (1990-91)
    National Accounts Manager, Environmental Testing Labs
1986-1989

Co-Founder and President, R & R Inc., Princeton NJ

  • Founded company based on the unmet needs of an Italian chemical company, Enochem, to design and build a genetic engineering facility in NJ for modifying the corn genome. Specialized in the conceptual design and construction of genetic engineering research facilities ranging from genetic engineering agricultural crops for chemical-resistance to genetic engineering and production facilities for bio- remediation organisms.
1979-1986

General Manager, Garrison, Inc., Centerton NJ

  • Managed 3500 acre farm plus fertilizer and seed distributorships
  • Grew business to be the largest handler of US Steel fertilizers east of the Mississippi.
  • Largest dealer east of the Mississippi for Pioneer and Asgrow seeds.
1982

U.S. Representative, International Agricultural Exchange Association, Aarhus Denmark

  • Nine month technological exchange to evaluate four agricultural chemicals for their use, effects, regulation, and tolerances prior to their introduction into the U.S.


Awards And Honors

2011       Awarded European Union permanent residence visa for highly qualified scientists 2007 Nominated for the International Glaucoma
               Review Prize
2007       Top 10 Emerging Technology, “Nanohealing” in Technology Review
2007       Guangdong - Hong Kong Technology Cooperation award 2006  Nominated for the Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize
2006       Best poster presentation, “Nano neuro technology to repair the brain,” at the 2nd Meeting of the American Academy of
               Nanomedicine, Washington DC 2006  2 Hong Kong Innovation Technology Commission awards
2006       Top 25 most innovative product, “Nano Neuro Knitting,” MICRO/NANO Newsletter
2005       Deshpande Award for Technological Innovation, MIT
2005       Top 10 Nanotech Innovation, “Immediate Hemostasis,” Nanotechnology Law & Business
2004       Deshpande Award for Technological Innovation, MIT 2003  Elected Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society
2003       D’Arbeloff Award for Computing in Teaching and Education, MIT 2003 Brain & Cognitive Sciences Departmental Service Award, MIT 2002       Walle Nauta Award for Continuing Dedication in Teaching, MIT
2001       Brain and Cognitive Sciences Award for Continuing Excellence in Teaching, MIT
2000       Best oral/poster presentation, “Four P’s of CNS Regeneration,” 2nd Asia Pacific Symposium on Neural Regeneration, Xi’an China
2000       Angus MacDonald Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, MIT


 

Rutledge Ellis Behnke, PhD

Director
Nanomedicine Translational Think Tank 
University of Heidelberg 
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 
Phone: +49 176 2777-3882 
E-mail:
 rutledg@mit.edu