Richard Kiprono Mibey (born 12 December 1951) is a Kenyan academic, research scientist and university administrator.
He has extensive knowledge and experience in the higher education system, having grown from a graduate assistant, research assistant, lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor, professor, department chairman, dean, campus principal as well as deputy vice-chancellor.
Mibey was born in Nyambugo, Sigor North Location in the then Bomet District, Kenya.
Among other contributions to science, he has discovered more than 120 species of fungi, made major input to the discovery of environmentally friendly fungi for bio-control of the obnoxious water hyacinth weed in Lake Victoria has contributed to the preservation of rare and highly specialised micro-fungi of Kenyan plants.
He is a member of the British Mycological Society, Committee on biodiversity and Conservation, International Association for Plant Taxonomy and World Innovation Foundation.