Mung Chiang

Mung Chiang
蒋濛
Chiang in 2013
13th President of Purdue University
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2023
Preceded by	Mitch Daniels
6th Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State
In office December 16, 2019 – December 15, 2020
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Vaughan Turekian
Succeeded by	Patricia Gruber
10th Dean of the Purdue University College of Engineering
In office July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2022
Preceded by	Leah Jamieson
Succeeded by	Mark Lundstrom (acting)
Personal details
Born	(1977-02-02) February 2, 1977 (age 47) Tianjin, China
Education	Stanford University (BS, MS, PhD)
Awards	Alan T. Waterman Award (2013) Guggenheim Fellow (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering Computer science
Institutions	Purdue University Princeton University
Thesis	Solving nonlinear problems in communication systems using geometric programming and dualities (2003)
Doctoral advisor	Stephen P. Boyd Thomas M. Cover

Mung Chiang (Chinese: 蒋濛; born February 2, 1977) is a Chinese-American electrical engineer and academic administrator who has been serving as the current and 13th president of Purdue University since 2023. He is the youngest president of a top-50 American university in recent history, taking office at age 45.

Chiang served as executive vice president of Purdue University from 2021 to 2023 and as dean of the Purdue University College of Engineering from 2017 to 2023. Previously at Princeton University, he served as full professor of electrical engineering since 2011 and as faculty member since 2003.

Chiang is credited with 25 U.S. patents, many of which have been adopted and utilized by the communications and networking industry.^[1]