Matija Gogala (born December 11, 1937) is a Slovene entomologist, working mainly in the fields of insect bioacoustics, physiology, and taxonomy.

In the meantime, he worked at the National Institute of Biology in Ljubljana, where he served as a director between 1976 and 1979.

In 1991, he became an associate, and in 1999 a full member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, currently serving as its vice president.

At the University of Ljubljana, he researched seasonal pigmentation and physiology of insect sensory organs.

[1] His current work focuses on sound production in cicadas and its use in the group's taxonomy.