About the Authors

Patrick F. Suthers

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Madhukar S. Dasika

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Vinay Satish Kumar

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gennady Denisov

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

John I. Glass

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Costas D. Maranas

costas@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JIG CDM. Performed the experiments: PFS MSD VSK. Analyzed the data: PFS GD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDM. Wrote the paper: PFS MSD. Edited the paper: JIG CDM.