About the Authors

Liza A. Bruk

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

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Katherine E. Dunkelberger

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Pawjai Khampang

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Wenzhou Hong

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America

Srivatsun Sadagopan

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Cuneyt M. Alper

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Morgan V. Fedorchak

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

fedorchak@pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.