He still holds the office Vasser Woolley Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

[2] He also served as Head of the Department of Chemistry in the UIUC College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 1994.

Schuster became Dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences and professor of chemistry and biochemistry in 1994.

[2] He was named Interim President on April 4, 2008, and assumed the office on July 1, 2008.

[2][4][5] On April 1, 2009, Schuster stepped down from the position as George P. "Bud" Peterson took over as the Institute's permanent president.