About the Authors

Mehmet A. Orman

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Marianthi G. Ierapetritou

Affiliation Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Ioannis P. Androulakis

Affiliations Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Francois Berthiaume

fberthia@rci.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAO MGI IPA FB. Performed the experiments: MAO. Analyzed the data: MAO MGI IPA FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGI IPA FB. Wrote the paper: MAO MGI IPA FB.