Christine Orengo

Christine Orengo
Christine Orengo in 2015 speaking at the ISMB/ECCB conference in Dublin
Born	Christine Anne Orengo (1955-06-22) 22 June 1955 (age 62)
Alma mater	University of Bristol (BSc) University of Aberdeen (MSc) University College London (PhD)
Known for	CATH database
Awards	EMBO Member (2014)
Website	orengogroup.info www.ucl.ac.uk/orengo-group
Scientific career
Fields	Protein structure Protein structure comparison Protein structure prediction Protein function prediction Bioinformatics
Institutions	National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) University College London (UCL)
Thesis	A study of the redox properties of haem in proteins and model systems (1984)
Doctoral students	Giorgos Baskozos Sayoni Das Natalie Dawson Su Datt Lam Sonja Lehtinen Ian Sillitoe

Christine Anne Orengo is a Professor of Bioinformatics at University College London (UCL) known for her work on protein structure, particularly the CATH database.

Orengo studied Chemical Physics at the University of Bristol where she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree. She continued her studies at the University of Aberdeen where she was awarded a Master of Science degree in Medical Physics in 1977 for research on the disruption of iron metabolism in laboratory rats with Yoshida sarcomas. She was awarded a PhD for research on the redox properties of haem in proteins in 1984 from UCL.

Following her PhD, Orengo worked in industry before being appointed a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) in Mill Hill where she worked until 1990. She joined the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UCL and in 1995 and was awarded a Medical Research Council (MRC) Senior Fellowship in Bioinformatics. She was promoted to Professor of Bioinformatics in 2002.