About the Authors

Sharlee Mahoney

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michelle Najera

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Qing Bai

Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Edward A. Burton

Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Götz Veser

gveser@pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM MN QB EB GV. Performed the experiments: SM MN QB. Analyzed the data: SM MN EB GV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM MN QB EB GV. Wrote the paper: SM MN EB GV.