Dr. Mung Chiang, an American engineering researcher, technology entrepreneur, university leader, and foreign policy official, will take over as President of Purdue University on January 1, 2023.
Chiang is Purdue University’s Executive Vice President and the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering. He previously served as the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, as well as an affiliated faculty member in applied and computational mathematics and computer science.
Purdue University announced on January 10, 2022 that Mitch Daniels would step down as President at the end of the year, and Dr. Mung Chiang will become the university’s next President on January 1, 2023.
Who Is Dr. Mung Chiang The Purdue University New President?
Chiang received his secondary education at Queen’s College, Hong Kong, and then received a B.S (Hons.) in electrical engineering and mathematics in 1999, M.S. in electrical engineering in 2000, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2003 at Stanford University.
In 2004, Chiang became an assistant professor at Princeton University and, in 2008, an associate professor with tenure. In 2011, he became a professor, and in 2013, the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering. He is among the youngest faculty at Princeton University to become an endowed chair professor.
Chiang was named dean of the College of Engineering at Purdue University in 2017. He is among the youngest in modern history to become the leader of a major college in an American University at 40. In 2021, he was named Executive Vice President of Purdue University while continuing as Dean of the College of Engineering.
The Purdue University Board of Trustees announced its unanimous election of Chiang to become the university’s 13th president on January 1, 2023, being Mitch Daniels’s successor.
#PurdueUniversity names Dr. Mung Chiang its next president.https://t.co/H6FhX2ReHu
— Purdue University (@LifeAtPurdue) June 10, 2022
Chiang’s statement on being the next President of Purdue University, ” It is the highest and most humbling honor to be selected by the Board of Trustees as the next President of Purdue University: the unique and most remarkable land-grant university in the land of the free. Throughout the past 153 years, from the Wabash River to the moon, generations of Boilermakers have contributed to our state, our country, and humanity in immeasurable ways. There is no other place like Purdue.”
Dr. Mung Chiang Net Worth 2022
Chiang’s net worth is estimated to be around $5 million. However, his exact earnings are not revealed yet.
Purdue University’s next President is a researcher in engineering, an experienced entrepreneur, a university president, and an abroad protection official throughout the United States. He serves as Purdue University’s Executive Vice President and the John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering.
Is He Married?
Chaing is quite secretive about his personal life. He is currently single and not dating anyone.
There is no rumor about his past relationship or any previous engagement. He doesn’t have children either.
