Adeline (Pinyu) Liao is a Stanford researcher and founder of Niora Systems, a pharmaceutical procurement platform tackling one of the deadliest problems in global health: drug stockouts in low- and middle-income countries.

Before arriving at Stanford, Adeline won Second Place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and was selected for the Research Science Institute (RSI), the world’s most prestigious high school research program. She founded Lavender + Lab Coats, a storytelling platform amplifying voices in science and medicine, while independently conducting biotech research and securing publication as a high school student.

At Stanford, she studies Computational Biology and Economics, with a focus on antimicrobial resistance and health systems design. She has conducted research in the Bertozzi Lab, consulted on global health projects, and delivered a TEDxStanford 2024 talk. In 2025, she founded Niora Systems, securing pilot agreements with Ghana’s top hospitals and assembling an international team of health, logistics, and technology leaders to build a scalable solution for pharmaceutical reliability.

Her work blends rigorous science with market design, aiming not just to improve drug delivery systems, but to rewrite the economic incentives that currently limit access to lifesaving medicine. Adeline plans to expand Niora into a multinational platform that reshapes pharmaceutical access across the Global South.