Yidian Liu is the Co-founder and COO of PolyGone Systems, Inc. and a Forbes 30 under 30 Fellow. Yidian oversees company operations, resource accrual, and team management. Since 2021, Yidian has secured over $2.4 million in state and federal financing for PolyGone from organizations including NJCSIT, NJEDA, the NSF, and NOAA. Yidian is a trained designer with a Master’s degree in Architecture from Princeton University and a Bachelor’s from Syracuse University. She has represented PolyGone as a keynote speaker at sustainability-focused events such as NYC Circular City Week, Delaware Water Congress, and Shenzhen/Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale.