Michael R. Dietrich (born November 7, 1963, Alabama, United States) is a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Born into a military family, Dietrich spent his early life in a number of different locations in the United States and Germany.

[5] Dietrich also co-edited The Educated Eye: Visual Culture and Pedagogy in the Life Sciences (University Press of New England, 2012) with Nancy Anderson.

[6] In 2021, he published two additional co-edited books: Nature Remade: Engineering Life, Envisioning Worlds (University of Chicago Press, 2021) with Luis Campos, Tiago Saraiva, and Christian Young.

From 2003 to 2005, Dietrich served as President of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).