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
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 |
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
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1993-1995 | Group VP Sales/Marketing/Strategic Planning, Huntingdon Corp., Middleport NY dquarters of UK company)
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1993-1995 | Group VP Sales/Marketing/Strategic Planning, Huntingdon Corp., Middleport NY dquarters of UK company)
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1990-1993 | American NuKEM, Houston TX (U.S. subsidiary of German RWE NuKEM GmbH)
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1986-1989 | Co-Founder and President, R & R Inc., Princeton NJ
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1979-1986 | General Manager, Garrison, Inc., Centerton NJ
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1982 | U.S. Representative, International Agricultural Exchange Association, Aarhus Denmark
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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
Director
Nanomedicine Translational Think Tank
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Phone: +49 176 2777-3882
E-mail: rutledg@mit.edu