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Dietrich is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was elected Chair of Section L of the AAAS in 2017.

Together with Oren Harman, Dietrich has edited a trilogy of books concerning biologists. The first, Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology (Yale University Press, 2008) featured essays on iconoclastic biologists. The second, Outsider Scientists: Routes to Innovation in Biology (University of Chicago Press, 2013), examined the conditions that allowed scientists trained outside of biology to make innovations within biology. The third, Dreamers, Revolutionaries, and Visionaries in the Life Sciences was published in 2018. Dietrich also co-edited The Educated Eye: Visual Culture and Pedagogy in the Life Sciences (University Press of New England, 2012) with Nancy Anderson.

From 2003 to 2005, Dietrich served as President of the International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB). He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the History of Biology from 2012 to 2017, and is Editor of the Mendel Newsletter, which is published by the American Philosophical Society.

Dietrich is currently a Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and Chair of the History and Philosophy of Science Department. From 1998 to 2017, he was a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College. Before moving to Dartmouth in 1998, he taught in the History and Philosophy of Science Program at the University of California, Davis.

Born into a military family, Dietrich spent his early life in a number of different locations in the United States and Germany. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy and Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Virginia Tech in 1985, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of California, San Diego in 1991, where Philip Kitcher was his advisor.

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. His research concerns developments in twentieth century genetics, evolutionary biology, and developmental biology, with a special emphasis on scientific controversies.