About the Authors

Chadi M. Saad-Roy

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

csaadroy@berkeley.edu

Affiliations Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Sinead E. Morris

Roles Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Mike Boots

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom

Rachel E. Baker

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Bryan L. Lewis

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing Division, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Jeremy Farrar

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Wellcome Trust, London, United Kingdom

Madhav V. Marathe

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Network Systems Science and Advanced Computing Division, Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Andrea L. Graham

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Simon A. Levin

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Caroline E. Wagner

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

C. Jessica E. Metcalf

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Bryan T. Grenfell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.