Carleton Coffrin

Staff Scientist Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dr. Carleton Coffrin is a senior scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory with expertise in computer science, quantum computing, optimization and artificial intelligence. Dr. Coffrin started exploring the field of quantum computation in 2016 and has had the opportunity to benchmark multiple generations of quantum computing hardware from vendors including D-Wave Systems and IBM. Dr. Coffrin was one of the founders of LANL's Quantum Computing Summer School program serving as a co-lead for three years (2018, 2019, 2020) and leads quantum computing research team of more than 20 staff scientists. In addition to quantum computing research, Dr. Coffrin has expertise in benchmarking optimization methods for energy systems applications, especially the AC Optimal Power Flow problem, and was a core contributor to the design and operation of ARPA-e’s Grid Optimization Competition.