Darryll John Pines is an American aerospace engineer and academic administrator currently serving as president of University of Maryland, College Park.

Darryll John Pines was born in Oakland, California, on August 28, 1964.

[2] In 1995, Pines joined the faculty of University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), as an assistant professor.

[6] In 2024, the University of Maryland announced it was conducting a review of potential plagiarism by Pines, following an article published by the Daily Wire alleging that two papers written by Pines and a co-author in 2002 and 2006 plagiarized 1,500 words from a tutorial website.

[7][8] Pines was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2019 for inspirational leadership and contributions to engineering education excellence in the United States.