Schuster

Gary B. Schuster has succeeded Jean Lou Chameau as provost, Georgia Tech's chief academic officer.

Schuster has been dean of the Georgia Tech College of Sciences and professor of chemistry since 1994. He was named Vasser Woolley chair of chemistry and biochemistry at Georgia Tech in 2001.

"He has had an outstanding career as a teacher and researcher, and that, combined with his long tenure as a school chair at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and as a dean here on our campus, provides him with a clear appreciation of what it takes to be an outstanding provost," President Wayne Clough said.

"I have had the pleasure of working with him for twelve years at Tech and have admired his innovative and collaborative approach to ideas and his understanding of our goals we have for excellence in our teaching, research and service missions," Clough said.

Schuster has had leading roles in bringing internationally recognized research faculty to the Institute and in the conceptualization and development of the interdisciplinary biotechnology complex at Georgia Tech. He has published more than 250 articles, holds 12 patents and has received numerous fellowships and awards.

"I am eager to continue to work with colleagues throughout the campus to set high goals and to provide the environment needed to realize those goals," Schuster says.

He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Clarkson College of Technology and doctorate from the University of Rochester.

Chameau left Georgia Tech to serve as president of the California Institute of Technology.

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