Background
Venkateswaran, Kasthuri was born on August 15, 1954 in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. Arrived in Japan, 1986. Son of Kasthuri Jhetty and Krishnaveni Kasthuri.
Venkateswaran, Kasthuri was born on August 15, 1954 in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. Arrived in Japan, 1986. Son of Kasthuri Jhetty and Krishnaveni Kasthuri.
Bachelor of Science, Madras University, Erode, 1975. Master of Science, Annamalai University, Portonovo, Tamil Nadu, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Annamalai University, Portonovo, Tamil Nadu, 1982.
Doctor Agriculture, Hiroshima (Japan) University, 1990.
Junior science assistant Export Inspection Agency, Madras, Tamil Nadu, 1981-1985. Research officer Forest Research Institute, 1985-1986. Ministry Education postdoctoral fellow Monbusho, Hiroshima, 1986-1987.
Senior scientist Ministry International Trade and Industry, Kamaishi, Japan, 1990-1993. Chief scientist NISSUI Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo, 1993-1996. Senior researcher Center Great Lakes Studies, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1996-1997.
Associate science California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1998. Scientist Jet Propulson Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1999.
Member American Society for Microbiology, Japanese Society for Science Fisheries, Indian Medical Research Council.
Married Pushpa Mysore Nagaraj, May 10, 1981. Children: Dharshini, Preetham Kasthuri.