Imad Ahmad Barghouthi (Arabic: عماد أحمد البرغوثي, born 1962) is a Palestinian astrophysicist. He is a member of the Barghouti hamula. Barghouti is presently professor of Theoretical Space Plasma Physics at Al-Quds University, and resides in Beit Rima near Ramallah. A leading researcher in his field, he has authored 42 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. In June 2021 he was reported released, after nearly a year in administrative detention.