Dr Sonali Mohapatra is a Quantum Innovation Sector Lead at the NQCC leading and supporting the NQCC’s innovation strategy and sectoral engagement framework. In her role, Sonali works across government, policymakers, regulators, industry and academia to support QC use-case discovery and application development work across a portfolio of sectors such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, financial services, energy, space and AI to deliver quantum readiness for the UK.

Sonali has an interdisciplinary research and technical background leading the development of a variety of world-first technical projects and extensive industry experience leading the development and commercialisation of early-stage quantum and AI technologies for new space.