About the Authors

Soha Ben Tahar

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

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ester Comellas

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Serra Húnter Fellow, Department of Physics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain

Timothy Duerr

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Dareen Bakr

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James Monaghan

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute for Chemical Imaging of Living Systems, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jose J. Muñoz

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

Affiliations International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Mathematics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Sandra J. Shefelbine

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

s.shefelbine@northeastern.edu

Affiliations Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.