Dominic J. Williamson

I am an Australian theoretical physicist specialising in topological phases of matter and fault-tolerant quantum computing.  I have a decade of research experience at the interface of quantum matter and quantum computing. 

Contact:  firstname [dot] lastname [at] sydney.edu.au

You can find me on LinkedIn, Bluesky, Orcid, and Google Scholar.

Here is my CV (as of December 2024) .

All of my papers are available on the arXiv and Google Scholar (except for this one).

I host the Topological Order on the Pacific Ocean (TOPO) workshop series.

If you are interested in discussing my research, feel free to send me an email.

If you want to inquire about joining my group for a research project at any level (undergraduate, honours, PhD, postdoctoral) send me an email including your CV and a short summary of your research interests.

Professional history:

In 2025 I joined the faculty in the School of Physics at The University of Sydney. I am part of the Quantum Science Group, my research focuses on the theory of quantum phases of matter and fault-tolerant quantum computing. 

In early 2025 I worked on fault-tolerant quantum architectures as a researcher at PsiQuantum. 

From 2024-2025 I worked at IBM as a Research Staff Member in the quantum information theory and error correction group. At IBM I worked on quantum error-correcting codes and fault-tolerant quantum computing. 

Since 2021 I have been a DECRA fellow in the quantum theory group at The University of Sydney working on Topological phases of matter for quantum computation. 

From 2019-2021 I was a postdoc in Patrick Hayden's group at the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. At Stanford I worked on quantum error-correcting codes inspired by topological phases, phase transitions and holography.

From 2017-2019 I held a condensed matter theory postdoc position in Meng Cheng's group at Yale.  At Yale I worked primarily on unconventional fracton topological phases of matter.  

I completed my PhD in 2017 in Frank Verstraete's group at the University of Vienna. During my PhD I worked on developing the theory of tensor networks for the description of topological phases of matter. 

I started in 2012-2013 doing honours and master's research in the quantum theory group at the University of Sydney.