For the past 25 years, Behn has devoted his professional and academic life to the pursuit of meaningful ways of combining art and technology. He completed a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts as well as a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of Maryland, and received a master's degree as well as a Ph.D. in Architecture from UCLA. He is currently the Director for Machine Inspired Art (MIA), a multi-disciplinary design and fabrication studio in Los Angeles.