About the Authors

Preston Donovan

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yasaman Chehreghanianzabi

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Muruhan Rathinam

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Silviya Petrova Zustiak

szustiak@slu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ YC. Performed the experiments: SZ YC. Analyzed the data: PD MR YC SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SZ. Wrote the paper: PD MR YC SZ. Computational Programming: PD MR. Theory Development: MR PD.