# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mung-chiang
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:04:04.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mung-chiang"
name: "Mung Chiang"
slug: "mung-chiang"
description: "Mung Chiang is a Chinese-American electrical engineer and academic administrator who has served as the 13th president of Purdue University since January 2023. He is the youngest president of a top-50 American university in recent history, taking office at age 45. On May 18, 2026, he was announced as president of Northwestern University, with his appointment becoming effective on July 1, 2026."
tagline: "American engineering researcher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mung_Chiang_Speaking_at_the_NSF_Waterman_Award_Ceremony_in_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1977"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.67
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.135426666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mung_Chiang"
    title: "Mung Chiang"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D9%82_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "مونق چیانق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%82_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82"
    title: "মুং চিয়াং"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%92%8B%E6%BF%9B"
    title: "蒋濛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%DA%AF_%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "مونگ چیانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%94%A3%E6%BF%9B"
    title: "蔣濛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15994977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump