Education
Bustani holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher (1976) and a doctorate degree (PhD) from the (1987).
Bustani holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher (1976) and a doctorate degree (PhD) from the (1987).
From 1979 to 1983 Bustani worked in research and development for HYL, then a subsidiary of HYLSA (now TENOVA HYL of Techint Group), a steel company based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico in the area of direct reduction of iron ores. During this time he was awarded with a patent of a direct reduction process. He worked for 25 years at Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher ), where he held different academic and administrative positions (1987 to 2012).
Tecnologico de Monterrey System Bustani served as Vice President for Planning and Academic Development at the Tecnologico de Monterrey System from 2011 to 2012. Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher He was President of the main campus of Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher ) from 2001 to 2010. During his tenure he proposed and implemented a knowledge-based research grant system ("Cátedras de Investigación").
In eight years external sponsorship of research activities grew from $3 million USD to around $30 million USD per year. The number of patents filed per year became consistently the highest among Mexican universities and national research institutions. In 2001 he supported an initiative at the university called the "Sustainable Campus Program", which was developed to encompass a wider, more inclusive view of sustainable development in the teaching, learning, research, outreach and operational activities of the Monterrey Campus.
While at the university, Bustani also held the position of Dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture (1998–2001), Director of the Center for Environmental Quality (1992–1998) and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department (1987–1992).
He was a member of the advisory board of WWF Mexico, a branch of World Wide Fund for Nature, from 2004 to 2015.