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.

[3][5] At his final semester in high school in 1995, he took the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination and obtained full A's in all 10 subjects.

[15] Starting in December 2019, Chiang took a one-year leave of absence to serve as the science and technology adviser to the secretary of state Mike Pompeo on an IPA.

[16] On April 23, 2021, Purdue University named Chiang as Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives while continuing to lead the College of Engineering.

[18] Chiang co-authored a technical undergraduate textbook Networked Life: 20 Questions and Answers (Cambridge University Press, 2012; ISBN 978-1107024946) and a popular science book The Power of Networks: Six Principles That Connect Our Lives (Princeton University Press, 2016; ISBN 9780691183305).