Michael Zinigrad, (Hebrew: מיכאל זיניגרד‎‎, Russian: Михаил Зиниград; born 1945) is an Israeli chemist specializing in materials science, materials engineering and nanotechnology. He is a professor of physical chemistry at the Ariel University, and is mostly known for his works on modeling and simulation of metallurgical processes at high temperatures. Zinigrad founded the Materials Research Center at the Ariel University, was the first dean of its Natural Science Faculty from 1995 to 2008, and since 2008 serves as the Rector of the University.