He received his PhD from the Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University. His postdoctoral research was carried out at the Department of Biology, Auburn University at Montgomery. Dr. Nanjundaswamy has over 15 years of academic and industry research in agriculture, bioprocessing, bioenergy, biopharmaceuticals and analytical chemistry. He has three granted and two filed U.S. patents and has authored over 12 original, peer-reviewed research articles. He serves as a reviewer for a dozen journals in agriculture, bioprocessing and biotechnology.