Mark Cunningham is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Geology. Dr. Cunningham received his Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from Yale University in 1982, where he was named the Simkins Fellow in 1977. Dr. Cunningham also earned his M.S. from Yale University in 1978 and a B.S. from Rice University in 1976.

Dr. Cunningham has held a number of industrial positions, serving as a senior scientist and manager at Schlumberger (geophysics and remote sensing), OYO Geospace (geophysical instrumentation) and Rudolph Technologies (semiconductor metrology) and as an independent consultant studying non-destructive testing. His principle research interests involve the numerical simulation of physical systems and most recently he has focused on the simulation of large biomolecular systems, particularly enzyme systems. This work was conducted at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University Medical School where Dr. Cunningham served as a research associate.