Peter Love

Peter Love is a Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Computer Science at Tufts University, with appointments in both the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering. He has been a full Professor since July 2022, previously serving as Associate Professor since 2015 and Adjunct Associate Professor in Computer Science starting in 2021.

Dr. Love earned his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2001, following an MPhys degree from the same institution in 1997.

His research focuses on quantum information, addressing three fundamental questions: what quantum computers are good for, how to build them, and what contributions quantum information can make even if large-scale quantum computers prove unattainable. He leads a theoretical physics group specializing in applications of quantum computing to scientific computing, particularly Quantum Chemistry and High Energy Physics. Current projects include designing quantum algorithms for near-term devices, benchmarking quantum processors, understanding classical-quantum behavior transitions, and developing universally applicable quantum algorithms.

His recent publications (2022-2025) show a strong focus on quantum simulation, quantum chemistry applications, error mitigation techniques, and variational quantum algorithms, with multiple publications on the contextual subspace variational quantum eigensolver approach.

• Quantum Systems Accelerator (DOE, 2021-2025)
• QSCOUT (DOE, 2020)
• QAOA for Max-Cut (DARPA, 2020-2023)
• Adiabatic quantum simulation (US Air Force, 2018-2019)
• STAQ: Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum co-design (NSF, 2018-2023)

Professor Love advises graduate students through dissertation research and senior thesis projects, and teaches advanced quantum mechanics, quantum theory, and research courses. His research group collaborates with Sandia National Laboratory, Duke University, University of Maryland Joint Quantum Institute, UC Berkeley, UW Madison, ColdQuanta, and theory colleagues at MIT, Harvard, and other institutions. They are participants in the Quantum Systems Accelerator NQI center.