\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplotstable}
\begin{filecontents*}{scientists.csv}
name,surname,age
Alb**ert,Einstein**,133
Marie**,Curie,145
Thomas,Edis**on,165**
\end{filecontents*}
\pgfplotstableread[col sep=comma,ignore chars={`*}]{scientists.csv}\mytable
\def\getcell#1#2#3{%
\pgfplotstablegetelem{#1}{#2}\of{#3}\pgfplotsretval%
}
\begin{document}
\pgfplotstabletypeset[
string type,
columns/name/.style={column name=Name, column type={|l}},
columns/surname/.style={column name=Surname, column type={|l}},